# De Josepho 257

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 257. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/257

θεασάμενος δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ τὴν ὄψιν καταπλαγεὶς τῆς σεμνότητος ὡς οὐχ ὑπάρχου πατέρα ἀλλ’ ἑαυτοῦ μετὰ πάσης αἰδοῦς καὶ τιμῆς ἐδεξιοῦτο· καὶ μετὰ τὰς ἐν ἔθει καὶ ἐξαιρέτους φιλοφροσύνας δίδωσιν αὐτῷ γῆς ἀποτομὴν ἀρετῶσαν καὶ σφόδρα εὔκαρπον, τούς τε υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ πυνθανόμενος εἶναι κτηνοτρόφους τὴν πολλὴν οὐσίαν ἔχοντας ἐν θρέμμασι καθίστησιν ἐπιμελητὰς τῶν ἰδίων αἰπόλια καὶ βουκόλια καὶ ποίμνας καὶ μυρίας ὅσας ἀγέλας ἐγχειρίσας αὐτοῖς.

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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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