# De Josepho 25

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/25

εἰ δὲ δὴ καὶ βιαίως καὶ ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς ἔδει θνῄσκειν, ἦν ἄν μοι κουφότερον κακόν, ὑπ’ ἀνθρώπων ἀναιρεθέντος, οἳ κτείναντες νεκρὸν ἂν ἠλέησαν, ὡς ἐπαμήσασθαι κόνιν καὶ τὸ σῶμα συγκρύψαι· εἰ δὲ καὶ πάντων ἐγεγένηντο ὠμότατοι, τί πλέον εἶχον ἢ ῥίψαντες ἄταφον ἀπαλλάττεσθαι; τῶν δ’ ἐν ὁδῷ παριόντων ἴσως τις ἐπιστὰς καὶ θεασάμενος, οἶκτον τῆς κοινῆς λαβὼν φύσεως, ἐπιμελείας καὶ ταφῆς ἠξίωσε. νυνὶ δ’, ὡς λόγος, ἀτιθάσοις καὶ σαρκοβόροις θηρσὶν εὐωχία καὶ θοίνη γέγονας γευσαμένοις καὶ ἑστιαθεῖσι τῶν ἐμῶν σπλάγχνων.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg021.local001/.