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  • Book 1: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious biblion a.
  • Book 2: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious logos b.
  • Book 3: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious biblion g.
  • Book 4: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious biblion d.
  • Book 5: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious biblion e.
  • Book 6: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious biblion [stigma].
  • Book 7: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious biblion z.
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    Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii (ed. B. Niese)

    Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious biblion e.

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. B. Niese) | English (ed. William Whiston, A.M.)
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    [446] Titôi de ta men chômata proukopten kaitoi polla kakoumenôn apo tou teichous tôn stratiôtôn, pempsas d' autos moiran tôn hippeôn ekeleusen tous kata tas pharangas epi sunkomidêi trophês exiontas enedreuein. [447] êsan de tines kai tôn machimôn ouketi diarkoumenoi tais harpagais, to de pleon ek tou dêmou penêtes, hous automolein apetrepe to peri tôn oikeiôn deos: [448] oute gar lêsesthai tous stasiastas êlpizon meta gunaikôn kai paidiôn diadidraskontes kai katalipein tois lêistais tauta ouch hupemenon huper autôn sphagêsomena: [449] tolmêrous de pros tas exodous ho limos epoiei, kai kateleipeto lanthanontas tous polemious * haliskesthai. lambanomenoi de kat' anankên êmunonto, kai meta machên hiketeuein aôron edokei. mastigoumenoi dê kai probasanizomenoi tou thanatou pasan aikian anestaurounto tou teichous antikru. [450] Titôi men oun oiktron to pathos katephaineto pentakosiôn hekastês hêmeras esti de hote kai pleionôn haliskomenôn, oute de tous biai lêphthentas apheinai asphales kai phulattein tosoutous phrouran tôn phulaxontôn heôra: to ge mên pleon ouk ekôluen tach' an endounai pros tên opsin elpisas autous, ei mê paradoien, homoia peisomenous. [451] prosêloun de hoi stratiôtai di' orgên kai misos tous halontas allon allôi schêmati pros chleuên, kai dia to plêthos chôra te eneleipe tois staurois kai stauroi tois sômasin.

    [452] Hoi stasiastai de tosouton apedeêsan tou metabalesthai pros to pathos, hôste kai tounantion autoi sophisasthai pros to loipon plêthos. [453] surontes gar tous tôn automolôn oikeious epi to teichos kai tôn dêmotôn tous epi pistin hôrmêmenous, hoia paschousin hoi Rhômaiois prospheugontes epedeiknusan kai tous kekratêmenous hiketas elegon, ouk aichmalôtous. [454] touto pollous tôn automolein hôrmêmenôn mechri talêthes egnôsthê kateschen: eisi d' hoi kai parachrêma diedrasan hôs epi bebaion timôrian, anapausin hêgoumenoi ton ek tôn polemiôn thanaton en limou sunkrisei. [455] pollous de kai cheirokopêsai keleusas Titos tôn healôkotôn, hôs mê dokoien automoloi kai pisteuointo dia tên sumphoran, eisepempse pros ton Simôna kai ton Iôannên, [456] nun ge êdê pausasthai parainôn kai mê pros anairesin tês poleôs auton biazesthai, kerdêsai d' ek tês en hustatois metameleias tas te autôn psuchas kai têlikautên patrida kai naon akoinônêton allois. [457] periiôn de ta chômata tous ergazomenous hama katêpeigen hôs ouk eis makran akolouthêsôn ergois tôi logôi. [458] pros tauta auton te eblasphêmoun apo tou teichous Kaisara kai ton patera autou, kai tou men thanatou kataphronein eboôn, hêirêsthai gar auton pro douleias kalôs, ergasesthai de hosa an dunôntai kaka Rhômaious heôs empneôsi, patridos de ou melein tês hôs autos phêsin apoloumenês, kai naou [apolomenou] ameinô toutou tôi theôi ton kosmon einai. [459] sôthêsesthai ge mên kai touton hupo tou katoikountos, hon kai autoi summachon echontes pasan chleuasein apeilên husterousan ergôn: to gar telos einai tou theou. toiauta tais loidoriais anamisgontes ekekragesan.

    [460] En de toutôi kai ho Epiphanês Antiochos parên allous te hoplitas suchnous echôn kai peri hauton stiphos Makedonôn kaloumenon, hêlikas pantas, hupsêlous, oligon huper antipaidas, ton Makedonikon tropon hôplismenous te kai pepaideumenous, hothen kai tên epiklêsin eichon husterountes hoi polloi tou genous. [461] eudaimonêsai gar dê malista tôn hupo Rhômaiois basileôn ton Kommagênon sunebê prin geusasthai metabolês: apephêne de kakeinos epi gêrôs, hôs oudena chrê legein pro thanatou makarion. [462] all' ho ge pais akmazontos autou tênikauta parôn thaumazein ephaske, ti dêpote Rhômaioi katoknoien prosienai tôi teichei: polemistês de tis autos ên kai phusei parabolos kata te alkên tosoutos, hôs oligôi ta tês tolmês diamartanein. [463] meidiasantos de tou Titou kai “koinos ho ponos” eipontos, hôs eichen hôrmêsen ho Antiochos meta tôn Makedonôn pros to teichos. [464] autos men oun dia te ischun kai kat' empeirian ephulatteto ta tôn Ioudaiôn belê toxeuôn eis autous, ta meirakia de autôi sunetribê panta plên oligôn: dia gar aidô tês huposcheseôs prosephiloneikei machomena: [465] kai telos anechôroun traumatiai polloi, sunnoountes hoti kai tois alêthôs Makedosin, ei melloien kratein, dei tês Alexandrou tuchês.

    [466] Tois de Rhômaiois arxamenois dôdekatêi mênos Artemisiou sunetelesthê ta chômata molis enatêi kai eikadi tais dechepta sunechôs ponoumenôn hêmerais: [467] megista gar echôsthê ta tessara, kai thateron men to epi tên Antônian hupo tou pemptou tagmatos eblêthê kata meson tês Strouthiou kaloumenês kolumbêthras, to d' heteron hupo tou dôdekatou diestôtos hoson eis pêcheis eikosi. [468] tôi dekatôi de tagmati diechonti polu toutôn kata to boreion klima to ergon ên kai kolumbêthran Amugdalon prosagoreuomenên: toutou de to pentekaidekaton apo triakonta pêchôn echou kata to tou archiereôs mnêmeion. [469] prosagomenôn de êdê autôn ho men Iôannês endothen huporuxas to kata tên Antônian mechri tôn chômatôn kai dialabôn staurois tous huponomous anakrêmnêsin ta erga, pissêi de kai asphaltôi diakechrismenên tên hulên eiskomisas eniêsi pur. [470] kai tôn staurôn hupokaentôn hê te diôrux enedôken athroa, kai meta megistou psophou kateseisthê ta chômata eis autên. [471] to men oun prôton meta tou koniortou kapnos êgeireto bathus pnigomenou tôi ptaismati tou puros, tês de thlibousês hulês diabibrôskomenês êdê phanera phlox errêgnuto. [472] kai tois Rhômaiois ekplêxis men pros to aiphnidion, athumia de pros tên epinoian empiptei, kai kratêsein oiomenois êdê to sumban kai pros to mellon epsuxe tên elpida: to de amunein achreion edokei pros to pur, kai ei sbestheiê tôn chômatôn katapothentôn.

    [473] Meta d' hêmeras duo kai tois allois epitithentai chômasin hoi peri ton Simôna: kai gar dê prosagagontes tautêi tas helepoleis hoi Rhômaioi dieseion to teichos. [474] Tephtheos de tis apo Garis poleôs tês Galilaias, kai Magassaros tôn basilikôn Mariammês therapôn, meth' hôn Adiabênos tis huios Nabataiou, tounoma klêtheis apo tês tuchês kai agiras, hoper sêmainei chôlos, harpasantes lampadas proepêdêsan epi tas mêchanas. [475] toutôn tôn andrôn oute tolmêroteroi kata tonde ton polemon ek tês poleôs ephanêsan oute phoberôteroi: [476] kathaper gar eis philous ektrechontes ou polemiôn stiphos out' emellêsan out' apestêsan, alla dia mesôn enthorontes tôn echthrôn huphêpsan tas mêchanas. [477] ballomenoi de kai tois xiphesin anôthoumenoi pantothen ou proteron ek tou kindunou metekinêthêsan ê draxasthai tôn organôn to pur. [478] airomenês de êdê tês phlogos Rhômaioi men apo tôn stratopedôn suntheontes eboêthoun, Ioudaioi d' ek tou teichous ekôluon kai tois sbennuein peirômenois suneplekonto kata mêden tôn idiôn pheidomenoi sômatôn. [479] kai hoi men heilkon ek tou puros tas helepoleis tôn huper autas gerrôn phlegomenôn, hoi d' Ioudaioi kai dia tês phlogos antelambanonto kai tou sidêrou zeontos drassomenoi tous krious ou methiesan: diebaine d' apo toutôn epi ta chômata to pur kai tous amunontas proelambanen. [480] en toutôi d' hoi men Rhômaioi kukloumenoi têi phlogi kai tên sôtêrian tôn ergôn apognontes anechôroun epi ta stratopeda, [481] Ioudaioi de prosekeinto pleious aei ginomenoi tôn endothen prosboêthountôn kai tôi kratein tetharrêkotes atamieutois echrônto tais orgais, proelthontes de mechri tôn erumatôn êdê suneplekonto tois phrourois. [482] taxis estin ek diadochês histamenê pro tou stratopedou, kai deinos ep' autêi Rhômaiôn nomos ton hupochôrêsanta kath' hên dêpot' oun aitian thnêskein. [483] houtoi tou meta kolaseôs ton met' aretês thanaton prokrinantes histantai, kai pros tên toutôn anankên polloi tôn trapentôn epestraphêsan aidoumenoi. [484] diathentes de kai tous oxubeleis epi tou teichous eirgon to prosginomenon plêthos ek tês poleôs ouden eis asphaleian ê phulakên tôn sômatôn pronooumenous: suneplekonto gar Ioudaioi tois prostuchousi kai tais aichmais aphulaktôs empiptontes autois tois sômasi tous echthrous epaion. [485] oute de ergois autoi pleon ê tôi tharrein periêsan kai Rhômaioi têi tolmêi pleon eikon ê tôi kakousthai.

    [486] Parên d' êdê Titos apo tês Antônias, hopou kechôristo kataskeptomenos topon allois chômasi, kai polla tous stratiôtas phaulisas, ei kratountes tôn polemiôn teichôn kinduneuousi tois idiois kai poliorkoumenôn hupomenousin autoi tuchên hôsper ek desmôtêriou kath' hautôn Ioudaious anentes, periêiei meta tôn epilektôn kata pleura tous polemious autos. [487] hoi de kata stoma paiomenoi kai pros touton epistraphentes ekarteroun. migeisês de tês parataxeôs ho men koniortos tôn ommatôn, hê kraugê de tôn akoôn epekratei, kai oudeterôi parên eti tekmêrasthai to echthron ê to philion. [488] Ioudaiôn de ou tosouton eti kat' alkên hoson apognôsei sôtêrias paramenontôn kai Rhômaious etonôsen aidôs doxês te kai tôn hoplôn kai prokinduneuontos Kaisaros: [489] hôste moi dokousi ta teleutaia di' huperbolên thumôn kan harpasai to tôn Ioudaiôn plêthos, ei mê tên rhopên tês parataxeôs phthasantes anechôrêsan eis tên polin. [490] diephtharmenôn de tôn chômatôn Rhômaioi men êsan en athumiais ton makron kamaton epi mias hôras apolesantes: kai polloi men tais sunêthesi mêchanais apêlpizon halôsesthai tên polin.


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    philoteria [ PHILOTERIA or Sennabris (Khirbet el-Kerak) Israel. ]

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