# De Josepho 59

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 59. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/59

τίς οὖν ἡ πρὸς ὄχλον εὐνούχων ὁμοιότης; ὅτι ἄγονός ἐστι σοφίας δοκῶν ἐπιτηδεύειν ἀρετήν· ὅταν γὰρ μιγάδων καὶ συγκλύδων πλῆθος ἀνθρώπων εἰς ταὐτὸν συνέλθῃ, λέγει μὲν τὰ δέοντα, φρονεῖ δὲ καὶ πράττει τἀναντία, τὰ νόθα πρὸ τῶν γνησίων ἀποδεχόμενος, ἕνεκα τοῦ δόξης μὲν ἡττᾶσθαι, τὸ δ’ ἀληθείᾳ καλὸν μὴ ἐπιτηδεύειν.

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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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