# De somniis (lib. i‑ii) 100

Philo Judaeus, De somniis (lib. i‑ii), ΦΙΛΩNΟΣ ΠEΡΙ ΤΟΥ ΘEΟΠEΜΠΤΟΥΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ TΟΥΣ ΟNEΙΡΟΥΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-somniis-lib-i-ii/100

διὸ θαρροῦντες ἐροῦσιν· „μὴ βασιλεύων βασιλεύσεις ἐφ’ ἡμῖν“; ἢ ἀγνοεῖς, ὅτι οὔκ ἐσμεν αὐτόνομοι, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ ἀθανάτου βασιλέως, τοῦ μόνου θεοῦ, βασιλευόμεθα; τί δέ; „κυριεύων κυριεύσεις ἡμῶν“ (Gen. 37,8) ; μὴ γὰρ οὐ δεσποζόμεθα καὶ ἔχομέν τε καὶ ἕξομεν εἰς τὸν ἀεὶ χρόνον τὸν αὐτὸν κύριον; ᾧ δουλεύοντες οὕτω γεγήθαμεν, ὡς οὐδεὶς ἕτερος ἐπ’ ἐλευθερίᾳ· καὶ γάρ ἐστι τὸ δουλεύειν θεῷ πάντων ἄριστον, ὅσα ἐν γενέσει τετίμηται.

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Philo Judaeus, De somniis (lib. i‑ii), ed. Paul Wendland. 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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