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[387]
Ὁ δ᾽ ἐν ταῖς ἀμηχανίαις οὐκ ἠπόρησεν ἐπινοίας, ἀλλὰ
πιστεύων τῷ κηδεμόνι θεῷ τὴν σωτηρίαν παραβάλλεται,
[388]
κἀπεὶ
δέδοκται τὸ θνήσκειν, ἔφη, φέρε κλήρῳ τὰς ἀλλήλων σφαγὰς ἐπιτρέψωμεν,
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ὁ λαχὼν δ᾽ ὑπὸ τοῦ μετ᾽ αὐτὸν πιπτέτω, καὶ διοδεύσει
πάντων οὕτως ἡ τύχη, μηδ᾽ ἐπὶ τῆς ἰδίας κείσθω δεξιᾶς ἕκαστος:
ἄδικον γὰρ οἰχομένων τινὰ τῶν ἄλλων μετανοήσαντα σωθῆναι.”
πιστὸς ἔδοξεν ταῦτα εἰπὼν καὶ συνεκληροῦτο πείσας.
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ἑτοίμην δ᾽
ὁ λαχὼν τῷ μεθ᾽ αὑτὸν παρεῖχεν τὴν σφαγὴν ὡς αὐτίκα τεθνηξομένου
καὶ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ: ζωῆς γὰρ ἡδίω τὸν μετὰ [τοῦ] Ἰωσήπου
θάνατον ἡγοῦντο.
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καταλείπεται δ᾽ οὗτος εἴτε ὑπὸ τύχης χρὴ λέγειν,
εἴτε ὑπὸ θεοῦ προνοίας σὺν ἑτέρῳ, καὶ σπουδάζων μήθ᾽ ὑπὸ τοῦ
κλήρου καταδικασθῆναι μήτε, εἰ τελευταῖος λείποιτο, μιᾶναι τὴν
δεξιὰν ὁμοφύλῳ φόνῳ πείθει κἀκεῖνον ἐπὶ πίστει ζῆν.
Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895.
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