# De Josepho 58

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 58. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/58

Ἄξιον μέντοι καὶ τὰ διὰ τούτων ἐμφαινόμενα κατὰ τὸ ἀκόλουθον παραστῆσαι. ὁ πριάμενος τὸν ἐπικρινόμενον εὐνοῦχος εἶναι λέγεται· δεόντως· ὁ γὰρ ὠνούμενος τὸν πολιτικὸν ὄχλος ἐστὶ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν εὐνοῦχος, ὅσα μὲν τῷ δοκεῖν ἔχων τὰ γεννητικά, τὰς δ’ εἰς τὸ γεννᾶν δυνάμεις ἀφῃρημένος, καθάπερ καὶ οἱ τὰς ὄψεις ὑποχυθέντες ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες τῆς δι’ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐνεργείας στέρονται βλέπειν οὐ δυνάμενοι.

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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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