Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 170

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[170] καὶ ὁ μὲν τοιαῦτ’ ἀπειλήσας ὑποβλεπόμενος καὶ βαρείας ὀργῆς δείγματα παρασχὼν ὅσα τῷ
δοκεῖν ἀπηλλάττετο· οἱ δὲ συννοίας καὶ κατηφείας γεμισθέντες ἐκάκιζον ἑαυτοὺς ἕνεκα τῆς πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἐπιβουλῆς „ἐκεῖνο“ λέγοντες „τἀδίκημα τῶν παρόντων ἐστὶ κακῶν αἴτιον, τῆς ἐφόρου δίκης τῶν ἀνθρωπείων πραγμάτων ἤδη τι μηχανωμένης καθ’ ἡμῶν· βραχὺν γὰρ ἡσυχάσασα χρόνον διανίσταται τὴν ἀμείλικτον καὶ ἀπαραίτητον αὑτῆς
ἐπιδεικνυμένη φύσιν τοῖς ἀξίοις κολάσεως. πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἄξιοι;

De Josepho. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Josepho (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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On the Life of a Man occupied with Affairs of State, or on Joseph First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 170 focus

[170] He then threatened them in this manner, looking sternly at them, and giving every sign of violent anger, as far as appearances could go, and so he left them. But they, being full of consciousness and depression, afflicted themselves for their former treachery towards their brother, saying, "That wickedness which we committed is the cause of all our present evils, since justice, which takes the regulation of all human affairs, is now contriving some punishment for us; for having been quiet for a short time it is now awakened, displaying its nature, which is at all times relentless and implacable towards those who are deserving of punishment, and how can we deny that we are deserving of it?

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 170

ed. Leopold Cohn

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