# De Josepho 141

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 141. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/141

καὶ ὥσπερ ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς τὰ πρῶτα παρέρχεται φεύγοντα τὰς ὄψεις κἀν τοῖς χειμάρροις τὸ φερόμενον ῥεῦμα φθάνει παραδραμὸν ὀξύτητι τάχους τὴν κατάληψιν, οὕτω καὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ βίῳ πράγματα φερόμενα καὶ παρεξιόντα φαντάζεται μὲν ὡς ὑπομένοντα, μένει δ’ οὐδ’ ἐπ’ ἀκαρές, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ ὑποσύρεται.

---

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg021.local001/.