Church History 2.5.4

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: Josephus (quoted): Philo, leading the Jewish embassy, was ready to answer Apion.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:52

πολλὰ δὲ καὶ χαλεπὰ Ἀπίωνος εἰρηκότος, ὑφʼ ὦν ἀρθῆναι ἤλπιζε τὸν Γάϊον καὶ εἰκὸς ἦν, Φίλων ὁ προεστὼς τῶν Ἰουδαίων τῆς πρεσβείας, ἀνὴρ τὰ πάντα ἔνδοξος, Ἀλεξάνδρου τε τοῦ ἀλαβάρχου ἀδελφὸς ὢν, καὶ φιλο- “ σοφίας οὐκ ἄπειρος, οἷός τε ἦν ἐκ ἀπολογίᾳ χωρεῖν “ τῶν κατηγορημένων.

English · Claude translation

When Apion had said many harsh things by which he hoped Gaius would be roused, as was likely, Philo, the head of the Jewish embassy, a man renowned in every way, the brother of Alexander the alabarch and not unskilled in philosophy, was ready to proceed to a defence against the accusations.

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Source

Dindorf 4:52 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Extrabiblical texts

Josephus, Ant. 18.259 (Josephus (works)) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Josephus, Ant. 18.259. The alabarch was a senior official (probably of customs) at Alexandria.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.5.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/5/4/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.5.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/5/4/).

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