# De Josepho 80

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 80. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/80

Ἀποχρώντως δὴ καὶ περὶ τούτων διειλεγμένοι τὰ ἑξῆς ἴδωμεν. ὁ διαβληθεὶς νεανίας ὑπὸ τῆς ἐρωμένης γυναικὸς τῷ δεσπότῃ πλασαμένης ἀντιστρόφους αἰτίας, αἷς ἦν ἔνοχος αὐτή, μηδ’ ἀπολογίας τυχὼν εἰς εἱρκτὴν ἀπάγεται· καὶ γενόμενος ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ τοσοῦτον ἀρετῆς μέγεθος ἐπεδείξατο, ὡς καὶ τοὺς πονηροτάτους τῶν ἐκεῖ τεθηπέναι καὶ καταπλήττεσθαι καὶ παρηγόρημα τῶν συμφορῶν ὑπολαμβάνειν ἀλεξίκακον εὑρηκέναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον.

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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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