# De Josepho 187

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 187. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/187

ὁ δὲ βαρύτατον ἀναστενάξας „τίνα πρῶτον“ εἶπεν "ὀλοφύρωμαι; τὸν παρέσχατον, ὃς οὐ τελευταῖος ἀλλὰ πρῶτος ἔλαχε τὴν τῶν συμφορῶν τάξιν; ἢ τὸν δεύτερον, ὃς τὰ δευτερεῖα τῶν κακῶν ἤρατο, πρὸ θανάτου δεσμά; ἢ τὸν νεώτατον, ὃς ἀπευκταιοτάτην ὁδὸν ἀφίξεται, ἐὰν ἄρα ἀπίῃ, ταῖς τῶν ἀδελφῶν κακοπραγίαις οὐ σωφρονισθείς; ἐγὼ δὲ κατὰ μέλη καὶ μέρη διαρτώμενος — μέρη γὰρ τέκνα γονέων — εἰς ἀπαιδίαν κινδυνεύω περιελθεῖν ὁ πολύπαις καὶ εὔπαις ἄχρι πρὸ μικροῦ νομισθείς.“

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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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