# De Josepho 2

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/2

ἤρξατο μέντοι συγκροτεῖσθαι περὶ ἔτη γεγονὼς ἑπτακαίδεκα τοῖς κατὰ ποιμενικὴν θεωρήμασιν, ἃ συνᾴδει τοῖς περὶ πόλιν· ὅθεν οἶμαι καὶ τὸ ποιητικὸν γένος "ποιμένας λαῶν“ τοὺς βασιλεῖς εἴωθεν ὀνομάζειν· ὁ γὰρ τὴν ποιμενικὴν κατωρθωκὼς ἄριστος ἂν εἴη καὶ βασιλεύς, τῆς καλλίστης ζῴων ἀγέλης, ἀνθρώπων, τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ἐν ταῖς ἐλάττονος σπουδῆς ἀξίαις ἀναδιδαχθείς·

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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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