# De Josepho 44

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 44. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/44

εἰς δὴ ταύτην καθαρεύσας τὴν ἡμέραν οὐκ ἄρξομαι παρανομεῖν ἀπὸ μοιχείας, τοῦ μεγίστου τῶν ἀδικημάτων, ὀφείλων, εἰ καὶ τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον ὑπῆρχον ἐκδεδιῃτημένος καὶ νεότητος ὁρμαῖς ἠγμένος καὶ τὴν ἐγχώριον ἐζηλωκὼς τρυφήν, ὅμως ἀλλότριον μὴ θηρᾶν γάμον· ἐφ’ ᾧ τίς ἀνθρώπων οὐ φονᾷ; περὶ γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων εἰωθότες διαφέρεσθαι μόνον τοῦθ’ ὁμογνωμονοῦντες πανταχοῦ πάντες ἄξιον θανάτων μυρίων ἐνόμισαν ἀκρίτους ἐκδιδόντες τοὺς ἁλόντας τοῖς πεφωρακόσι.

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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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