# De Josepho 171

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 171. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/171

οἳ δεόμενον καὶ ποτνιώμενον τὸν ἀδελφὸν οἱ ἀνηλεεῖς ὑπερείδομεν οὐδὲν μὲν ἐξαμαρτόντα, φαντασίας δὲ τὰς καθ’ ὕπνον διὰ τὸ φιλοίκειον ὡς συνήθεσιν ἀνενεγκόντα, ὑπὲρ ὧν οἱ θηριωδέστατοι καὶ πάντων ἀγριώτατοι δυσχεραίνοντες ἡμεῖς οὐχ ὅσια — δεῖ γὰρ ἀψευδεῖν — εἰργασάμεθα.

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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/.
