# De Josepho 9

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/9

ἐμβριθῶς δ’ ἐνουθέτει τὸν παῖδα κατὰ δέος τοῦ μή τι διαμαρτεῖν καί φησιν· „ἆρα δυνησόμεθα ἐγὼ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ προσκυνῆσαί σε;—διὰ μὲν γὰρ ἡλίου τὸν πατέρα, διὰ δὲ σελήνης τὴν μητέρα, διὰ δὲ τῶν ἕνδεκα ἀστέρων τοὺς ἕνδεκα ἀδελφοὺς ὑποσημαίνειν ἔοικας—· ὃ μηδὲ εἰς νοῦν ποτε ἔλθοι τὸν σόν, ὦ παῖ, λαθοῦσα δὲ καὶ ἡ μνήμη τῶν φανέντων ὑπεξέλθοι· τὸ γὰρ τὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς οἰκείοις ἐλπίζειν καὶ καραδοκεῖν ἡγεμονίαν ἀπευκτὸν ἄγαν παρ’ ἐμοὶ κριτῇ, νομίζω δὲ καὶ παρὰ πᾶσιν, ὅσοις ἰσότητος μέλει καὶ συγγενικῶν δικαίων.“

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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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