# De Josepho 172

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 172. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/172

τοιγαροῦν καὶ ταῦτα καὶ ἔτι χείρω τούτων πείσεσθαι προσδοκῶμεν, οἵτινες μόνοι σχεδὸν ἐξ ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων εὐπατρίδαι λεγόμενοι διὰ τὰς πατέρων καὶ πάππων καὶ προγόνων ὑπερβαλλούσας ἀρετὰς ᾐσχύναμεν τὴν συγγένειαν ἐπιφανὲς ὄνειδος κτήσασθαι σπουδάσαντες.“

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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.
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