# De Josepho 50

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 50. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/50

τοῦτο παρέσχεν αὐτῇ τὸ ἔργον εὑρεσιλογεῖν προφάσεις σκεπτομένῃ κατὰ τοῦ νεανίσκου, αἷς αὐτὸν ἀμυνεῖται· παραγενομένῳ γὰρ ἐξ ἀγορᾶς τῷ αὐτῆς ἀνδρὶ καθυποκρινομένη τὴν σώφρονα καὶ κοσμίαν καὶ τοῖς ἀκολάστοις ἐπιτηδεύμασι πάνυ δυσχεραίνουσαν "ἤγαγες" ἔφη „θεράποντα ἡμῖν παῖδα Ἑβραῖον, ὃς οὐ μόνον ἤδη τὴν σὴν ψυχὴν διέφθαρκεν εὐχερῶς καὶ ἀνεξετάστως ἐπιτρέψαντος αὐτῷ τὴν οἰκίαν,

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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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