# De Josepho 254

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 254. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/254

ἡ δὲ χαρὰ καὶ φόβον εὐθὺς ἐγέννησε τῇ ψυχῇ περὶ τῆς τῶν πατρίων ἐκδιαιτήσεως· ᾔδει γὰρ καὶ νεότητα εὐόλισθον φύσει καὶ ξενιτείας τὴν εἰς τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν ἐκεχειρίαν καὶ μάλιστα τῆς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ χώρας τυφλωττούσης περὶ τὸν ἀληθῆ θεὸν ἕνεκα τοῦ γενητὰ καὶ θνητὰ θεοπλαστεῖν καὶ προσέτι πλούτου καὶ δόξης ἐπιθέσεις ὀλιγόφροσι διανοίαις ἐπιτίθενται καὶ διότι ἀπολειφθείς, μηδενὸς τῶν ἐκ τῆς πατρῴας οἰκίας συνεξεληλυθότος σωφρονιστοῦ, μόνος ὢν καὶ ἔρημος διδασκάλων ἀγαθῶν ἕτοιμος ἔσται πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὀθνείων μεταβολήν.

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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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