# De Josepho 188

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 188. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/188

ὁ δὲ πρεσβύτατος „εἰς ὁμηρείαν“ ἔφη "σοὶ δύο υἱοὺς δίδωμι, οὓς καὶ μόνους ἐγέννησα· τούτους ἀπόκτεινον, ἐὰν μὴ σῷον ἀποδῶ τὸν ἐγχειρισθησόμενον ἀδελφόν, ὃς ἀφικόμενος εἰς Αἴγυπτον δύο περιποιήσει τὰ μέγιστα ἡμῖν, ἓν μὲν πίστιν σαφῆ τοῦ μὴ κατασκόπους μηδὲ πολεμίους εἶναι, ἕτερον δὲ τὸ τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἐν δεσμοῖς ἀπολαβεῖν δυνηθῆναι.“

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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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