# De Josepho 40

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/40

βραχύτερα, τὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιδεικνύμενος τέχνην ὁ αὐτός ἐστι. σφόδρα δὲ εὐδοκιμῶν ἐν τοῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουρίαν ἐπιβουλεύεται πρὸς τῆς τοῦ δεσπότου γυναικὸς ἐπιβουλὴν τὴν ἐξ ἔρωτος ἀκολάστου. τῇ γὰρ εὐμορφίᾳ ἐπιμανεῖσα τοῦ νεανίσκου καὶ ἀκαθέκτως περὶ τὸ πάθος λυττῶσα τοὺς περὶ μίξεως λόγους προσέφερεν ἐρρωμένως ἐναντιουμένῳ καὶ μηδ’ ὅλως προσίεσθαι ὑπομένοντι διὰ τὴν ἐκ φύσεως καὶ μελέτης ἐνυπάρξασαν κοσμιότητα καὶ σωφροσύνην.

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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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