# De Josepho 47

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 47. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/47

ὁ μὲν δεσπότης αἰχμάλωτον ὄντα με καὶ ξένον ταῖς εὐεργεσίαις ἐλεύθερον καὶ ἀστὸν τὸ γοῦν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἧκον μέρος ἀπειργάσατο, ἐγὼ δ’ ὁ δοῦλος ὡς ξένῳ καὶ αἰχμαλώτῳ προσενεχθήσομαι τῷ δεσπότῃ; τίνι ψυχῇ παραδεξάμενος τὸ ἀνοσιούργημα τοῦτο; προσβλέψω δὲ τίσιν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁ σιδηροῦς ἐγώ; τὸ συνειδὸς ἐλλαμβανόμενον ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν οὐκ ἐάσει προσβλέπειν, κἂν δυνηθῶ λανθάνειν· λήσομαι δ’ οὐδαμῶς· εἰσὶ γὰρ ἐξετασταὶ μυρίοι τῶν λάθρα δρωμένων, οἷς οὐ θέμις ἡσυχάζειν.

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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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