# De Josepho 67

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 67. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/67

ὁ δὲ πολιτικὸς ὄντως οὐκ ἀγνοεῖ μέν, ὅτι δεσποτικὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ δῆμος, αὑτὸν δ’ οὐχ ὁμολογήσει δοῦλον ἀλλ’ ἐλεύθερον καὶ * * * τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀρέσκειαν. ἀλλ’ ἄντικρυς ἐρεῖ· "δημοκοπεῖν οὔτ’ ἔμαθον οὔτ’ ἐπιτηδεύσω ποτέ, πόλεως δὲ προστασίαν καὶ ἐπιμέλειαν ἔχειν ἐγχειρισθείς, ὡς ἀγαθὸς ἐπίτροπος ἢ πατὴρ εὔνους * * * ἀδόλως καὶ καθαρῶς ἄνευ τῆς ἐχθρᾶς ὑποκρίσεως.

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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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