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Πρὸς ταῦθ᾽ ἡ γυνὴ μικρὸν διαλιποῦσα “καὶ τί γάρ, εἶπεν,
ἔτι φείδομαι τῶν ἀπορρήτων Φερώρα τεθνεῶτος ἢ σώζουσα τὸν
ἀπολέσαντα πάντας ἡμᾶς Ἀντίπατρον; ἄκουε, βασιλεῦ, καὶ μετὰ
σοῦ θεὸς ὁ μάρτυς ἐμοὶ τῆς ἀληθείας πλανηθῆναι μὴ δυνάμενος:
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ὅτε ἀποθνήσκοντι Φερώρᾳ παρεκαθέζου δεδακρυμένος, τότε με προσκαλεσάμενος
ἐκεῖνος “ἦ πολύ γε, ἔφη, ὦ γύναι, τῆς εἰς ἐμαυτὸν
διανοίας τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ διήμαρτον, τὸν οὕτως στέργοντα μισήσας καὶ
κτεῖναι βουλευσάμενος τὸν οὕτως ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ μηδὲ τεθνεῶτί πω συγχεόμενον.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ μὲν ἀπέχω τῆς ἀσεβείας τὸ ἐπιτίμιον, σὺ δ᾽
ὃ φυλάσσεις κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ φάρμακον ὑπ᾽ Ἀντιπάτρου καταλειφθὲν
ἡμῖν φέρε καὶ βλέποντός μου ταχέως ἀφάνισον, ἵνα μὴ καὶ καθ᾽
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ᾄδου φέροιμι τὸν ἀλάστορα.” καὶ κελεύσαντος ἐκόμισα καὶ πλεῖστον
μὲν εἰς τὸ πῦρ ὁρῶντος αὐτοῦ κατεκένωσα, βραχὺ δὲ ἐμαυτῇ πρὸς
τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὸν ἐκ σοῦ φόβον ἐτήρησα.”
Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895.
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