# De Josepho 263

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 263. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/263

ἐγὼ δὲ τὸν τρόπον οὐ χρόνοις μεταβάλλομαι οὐδ’ ὁμολογήσας ἔνσπονδος εἶναι δράσω ποτὲ τὰ ἄσπονδα· οὐ γὰρ ὑπερθέσεις ἀμύνης ἐκαιροφυλάκουν, ἀλλὰ τὴν εἰς ἅπαν ἀπαλλαγὴν τῆς κολάσεως ἐχαριζόμην ἐπινέμων τὸ μέν τι τιμῇ τοῦ πατρός — δεῖ γὰρ ἀψευδεῖν —, τὸ δέ τι εὐνοίᾳ τῇ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἀναγκαίᾳ.

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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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