# De Josepho 77

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 77. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/77

ἐγὼ δ’ οὐχ ἕνα ἄνδρα πόλιν δ’ ὅλην κάμνουσαν παραλαβὼν ὑπ’ ἀργαλεωτέρων νόσων, ἃς κατεσκεύασαν αἱ συγγενεῖς ἐπιθυμίαι, τί πράσσειν ὀφείλω; προέμενος τὰ συνοίσοντα πᾶσι κοινῇ τὰ τοῦ δεῖνος ἢ τοῦ δεῖνος ὦτα θεραπεύειν ἀνελευθέρῳ καὶ σφόδρα δουλοπρεπεῖ κολακείᾳ; τεθνάναι μᾶλλον ἂν ἑλοίμην ἢ πρὸς ἡδονήν τι φθεγξάμενος ἐπικρύψαι τὴν ἀλήθειαν καὶ τοῦ συμφέροντος ἀμελῆσαι.

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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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