# De Josepho 259

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 259. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/259

καθάπερ τε οἰκίαν μίαν Αἴγυπτον καὶ σὺν αὐτῇ χώρας ἑτέρας καὶ ἔθνη πιεσθέντα τῷ λιμῷ παντὸς λόγου κρεῖττον ἐπετρόπευσεν ὁ ἀνὴρ οὗτος κατὰ τὸ πρέπον διανέμων τὰς τροφὰς καὶ ἀφορῶν οὐκ εἰς τὸ παρὸν μόνον λυσιτελὲς ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸ μέλλον ὠφέλειαν.

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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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