# De Josepho 204

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 204. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/204

τάχα μέντοι καὶ τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον, ἔφασκον, τῆς χώρας ἀμαθέστερον τὰ περὶ δίαιταν ἀγούσης, ὁ ἀνὴρ οὗτος τοῖς κοινοῖς ἐπιστὰς οὐ μόνον τοῖς μεγάλοις πράγμασιν ἥρμοσεν εὐταξίαν, δι’ ὧν τὰ εἰρήνης καὶ πολέμου κατορθοῦσθαι πέφυκεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς εὐτελεστέροις εἶναι δοκοῦσιν, ὧν τὰ πλεῖστα ἐν παιδιαῖς· ἱλαρότητα γὰρ ἐπιζητοῦσιν εὐωχίαι σεμνὸν ἄγαν καὶ αὐστηρὸν συμπότην ἥκιστα παραδεχόμεναι.

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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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