# De Josepho 216

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 216. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/216

ὃς δ’ ἂν ἔχων ἁλῷ τὸ ἔκπωμα τῶν ἀδελφῶν, θνῃσκέτω· θανάτου γὰρ τἀδίκημα, εἰ γέγονεν ὄντως, τιμώμεθα διὰ πολλά· πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι πλεονεξία καὶ τὸ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἐπιθυμεῖν παρανομώτατον, δεύτερον ὅτι τοὺς ὠφεληκότας βλάπτειν ἐπιχειρεῖν ἀνοσιώτατον, τρίτον δὲ ὅτι τοὺς μέγα φρονοῦντας ἐπ’ εὐγενείᾳ τὸ τῶν προγόνων ἀξίωμα καθαιρεῖν ἔργοις ὑπαιτίοις τολμᾶν ὄνειδος αἴσχιστον· οἷς ἅπασιν ἔνοχος ὤν, εἴ τις ἡμῶν ὑφῄρηται, θανάτων μυρίων ἄξια πεπραχὼς τελευτάτω.“

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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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