# De Josepho 175

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 175. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/175

ἀλλ’ ἢ θεὸς ἢ λόγος ἢ νόμος θεῖος.“ ταῦτα δ’ ἤκουεν ὁ πραθεὶς ἀδελφὸς ἡσυχῇ διαλαλούντων, ἑρμηνέως μεταξὺ ὄντος· καὶ νικηθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους, μέλλων δακρύειν, ὡς μὴ γένοιτο καταφανής, ἀποστρέφεται καὶ προχέας θερμὰ καὶ ἐπάλληλα δάκρυα καὶ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐπικουφισθείς, τὴν ὄψιν ἀπομαξάμενος, ἐπιστρέφει καὶ κελεύει τὸν ἡλικίᾳ δεύτερον τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐν ὄψεσι ταῖς ἁπάντων δεθῆναι, τὸν αὐτῷ κατάλληλον — ὁ γὰρ ἐν πλείοσι δεύτερος τῷ παρεσχάτῳ κατάλληλος, ἐπεὶ καὶ τῷ τελευταίῳ ὁ πρῶτος —·

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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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