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Ἐπανισταμένου τε αὐτοῖς ἤδη τοῦ πλήθους, ἐνῆγε γὰρ ὁ
γεραίτατος τῶν ἀρχιερέων Ἄνανος, ἀνὴρ σωφρονέστατος καὶ τάχα
ἂν διασώσας τὴν πόλιν, εἰ τὰς τῶν ἐπιβούλων χεῖρας ἐξέφυγεν, οἱ
δὲ τὸν νεὼν τοῦ θεοῦ φρούριον αὑτοῖς καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ δήμου
ταραχῶν ποιοῦνται καταφυγήν, καὶ τυραννεῖον ἦν αὐτοῖς τὸ ἅγιον.
παρεκίρνατο δὲ τοῖς δεινοῖς εἰρωνεία,
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τὸ τῶν ἐνεργουμένων ἀλγεινότερον:
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ἀποπειρώμενοι γὰρ τῆς τοῦ δήμου καταπλήξεως καὶ τὴν
αὑτῶν δοκιμάζοντες ἰσχὺν κληρωτοὺς ἐπεχείρησαν ποιεῖν τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς
οὔσης, ὡς ἔφαμεν, κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν τῆς διαδοχῆς.
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ἦν δὲ
πρόσχημα μὲν τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς ἔθος ἀρχαῖον, ἐπειδὴ καὶ πάλαι κληρωτὴν
ἔφασαν εἶναι τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην, τὸ δὲ ἀληθὲς τοῦ βεβαιοτέρου
[νόμου] κατάλυσις καὶ τέχνη πρὸς δυναστείαν τὰς ἀρχὰς δι᾽
αὑτῶν καθισταμένοις.
Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895.
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