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Now Herod had a body suited to his soul, and was ever a most excellent
hunter, where he generally had good success, by the means of his great
skill in riding horses; for in one day he caught forty wild beasts: 1
that country breeds also bears, and the greatest part of it is replenished
with stags and wild asses. He was also such a warrior as could not be withstood:
many men, therefore, there are who have stood amazed at his readiness in
his exercises, when they saw him throw the javelin directly forward, and
shoot the arrow upon the mark. And then, besides these performances of
his depending on his own strength of mind and body, fortune was also very
favorable to him; for he seldom failed of success in his wars; and when
he failed, he was not himself the occasion of such failings, but he either
vas betrayed by some, or the rashness of his own soldiers procured his
defeat.
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Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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