# De Josepho 26

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/26

ἀθλητής εἰμι τῶν ἀβουλήτων, εἰκῇ γεγύμνασμαι πολλαῖς κακοπαθείαις, ἀλώμενος, ξενιτεύων, θητεύων, ἀναγκαζόμενος, ἄχρι καὶ ψυχῆς ἐπιβουλευόμενος ὑφ’ ὧν ἥκιστ’ ἐχρῆν· καὶ πολλὰ μὲν εἶδον, πολλὰ δ’ ἤκουσα, μυρία δ’ αὐτὸς ἔπαθον τῶν ἀνηκέστων, ἐφ’ οἷς παιδευθεὶς μετριοπαθεῖν οὐκ ἐγνάμφθην· ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν τοῦ συμβεβηκότος ἀφορητότερον, ὅ μου τὴν ῥώμην τῆς ψυχῆς ἀνατέτροφε καὶ καθῄρηκε. τί γὰρ μεῖζον ἢ οἰκτρότερον πένθος;

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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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