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g of their own countries value themselves upon the   denomination they acquire thereby察and reprove such as   unjustly lay claim thereto。 As for the Egyptians' claim to be   of our kindred察they do it on one of the following accounts察I   mean察either as they value themselves upon it察and pretend to   bear that relation to us察or else as they would draw us in to   be partakers of their own infamy。 But this fine fellow Apion   seems to broach this reproachful appellation against us察。that   we were originally Egyptians撮Аin order to bestow it on the   Alexandrians察as a reward for the privilege they had given   him of being a fellow citizen with them此he also is apprized of   the ill´will the Alexandrians bear to those Jews who are their   fellow citizens察and so proposes to himself to reproach them察  although he must thereby include all the other Egyptians   also察while in both cases he is no better than an impudent   liar。      4。 But let us now see what those heavy and wicked crimes are   which Apion charges upon the Alexandrian Jews。 ;They came   says he out of Syria察and inhabited near the tempestuous   sea察and were in the neighborhood of the dashing of the   waves。; Now if the place of habitation includes any thing that   is reproached察this man reproaches not his own real country察  。Egypt撮Аbut what he pretends to be his own country察  Alexandria察for all are agreed in this察that the part of that city   which is near the sea is the best part of all for habitation。   Now if the Jews gained that part of the city by force察and   have kept it hitherto without impeachment察this is a mark of   their valor察but in reality it was Alexander himself that gave   them that place for their habitation察when they obtained   equal privileges there with the Macedonians。 Nor call I devise   what Apion would have said察had their habitation been at   Necropolis拭and not been fixed hard by the royal palace as it   isВ察nor had their nation had the denomination of   Macedonians given them till this very day as they haveА Had   this man now read the epistles of king Alexander察or those of   Ptolemy the son of Lagus察or met with the writings of the   succeeding kings察or that pillar which is still standing at   Alexandria察and contains the privileges which the great   JuliusАCaesar bestowed upon the Jews察had this man察I say察  known these records察and yet hath the impudence to write in   contradiction to them察he hath shown himself to be a wicked   man察but if he knew nothing of these records察he hath shown   himself to be a man very ignorant此nay察when lie appears to   wonder how Jews could be called Alexandrians察this is   another like instance of his ignorance察for all such as are   called out to be colonies察although they be ever so far remote   from one another in their original察receive their names from   those that bring them to their new habitations。 And what   occasion is there to speak of others察when those of us Jews   that dwell at Antioch are named Antiochians察because   Seleucns the founder of that city gave them the privileges   belonging thereto拭After the like manner do those Jews that   inhabit Ephesus察and the other cities of Ionia察enjoy the same   name with those that were originally born there察by the grant   of the succeeding princes察nay察the kindness and humanity of   the Romans hath been so great察that it hath granted leave to   almost all others to take the same name of Romans upon   them察I mean not particular men only察but entire and large   nations themselves also察for those anciently named Iberi察and   Tyrrheni察and Sabini察are now called Romani。 And if Apion   reject this way of obtaining the privilege of a citizen of   Alexandria察let him abstain from calling himself an   Alexandrian hereafter察for otherwise察how can he who was   born in the very heart of Egypt be an Alexandrian察if this way   of accepting such a privilege察of which he would have us   deprived察be once abrogated拭although indeed these Romans察  who are now the lords of the habitable earth察have forbidden   the Egyptians to have the privileges of any city whatsoever察  while this fine fellow察who is willing to partake of such a   privilege himself as he is forbidden to make use of察endeavors   by calumnies to deprive those of it that have justly received   it察for Alexander did not therefore get some of our nation to   Alexandria察because he wanted inhabitants for this his city察on   whose building he had bestowed so much pains察but this was   given to our people as a reward察because he had察upon a   careful trial察found them all to have been men of virtue and   fidelity to him察for察as Hecateus says concerning us察   Alexander honored our nation to such a degree察that察for the   equity and the fidelity which the Jews exhibited to him察he   permitted them to hold the country of Samaria free from   tribute。 Of the same mind also was Ptolemy the son of Lagus察  as to those Jews who dwelt at Alexandria。; For he intrusted   the fortresses of Egypt into their hands察as believing they   would keep them faithfully and valiantly for him察and when   he was desirous to secure the government of Cyrene察and the   other cities of Libya察to himself察he sent a party of Jews to   inhabit in them。 And for his successor Ptolemy察who was   called Philadelphus察he did not only set all those of our   nation free who were captives under him察but did frequently   give money for their ransomВ察and察what was his greatest   work of all察he had a great desire of knowing our laws察and of   obtaining the books of our sacred Scriptures察accordingly察he   desired that such men might be sent him as might interpret   our law to him察and察in order to have them well compiled察he   committed that care to no ordinary persons察but ordained   that Demetrius Phalereus察and Andreas察and Aristeas察the   first察Demetrius察the most learned person of his age察and the   others察such as were intrusted with the guard of his body察  should take care of this matter此nor would he certainly have   been so desirous of learning our law察and the philosophy of   our nation察had he despised the men that made use of it察or   had he not indeed had them in great admiration。      5。 Now this Apion was unacquainted with almost all the kings   of those Macedonians whom he pretends to have been his   progenitors察who were yet very well affected towards us察for   the third of those Ptolemies察who was called Euergetes察when   he had gotten possession of all Syria by force察did not offer   his thank´offerings to the Egyptian gods for his victory察but   came to Jerusalem察and according to our own laws offered   many sacrifices to God察and dedicated to him such gifts as   were suitable to such a victory此and as for Ptolemy   Philometer and his wife Cleopatra察they committed their   whole kingdom to the Jews察when Onias and Dositheus察both   Jews察whose names are laughed at by Apion察were the   generals of their whole army。 But certainly察instead of   reproaching them察he ought to admire their actions察and   return them thanks for saving Alexandria察whose citizen he   pretends to be察for when these Alexandrians were making war   with Cleopatra the queen察and were in danger of being   utterly ruined察these Jews brought them to terms of   agreement察and freed them from the miseries of a civil war。   ;But then says Apion Onias brought a small army afterward   upon the city at the time when Thorruns the Roman   ambassador was there present。; Yes察do I venture to say察and   that he did rightly and very justly in so doing察for that   Ptolemy who was called Physco察upon the death of his   brother Philometer察came from Cyrene察and would have   ejected Cleopatra as well as her sons out of their kingdom察  that he might obtain it for himself unjustly。 5 For this cause   then it was that Onias undertook a war against him on   Cleopatra's account察nor would he desert that trust the royal   family had reposed in him in their distress。 Accordingly察God   gave a remarkable attestation to his righteous procedure察for   when Ptolemy Physco 6 had the presumption to fight   against Onias's army察and had caught all the Jews that were   in the city AlexandriaВ察with their children and wives察and   exposed them naked and in bonds to his elephants察that they   might be trodden upon and destroyed察and when he had   made those elephants drunk for that purpose察the event   proved contrary to his preparations察for these elephants left   the Jews who were exposed to them察and fell violently upon   Physco's friends察and slew a great number of them察nay察after   this Ptolemy saw a terrible ghost察which prohibited his hurting   those men察his very concubine察whom he loved so well察。some   call her Ithaca察and others Irene撮 making supplication to   him察that he would not perpetrate so great a wickedness。 So   he complied with her request察and repented of what he either   had already done察or was about to do察whence it is well   known that the Alexandrian Jews do with good reason   celebrate this day察on the account that they had thereon been   vouchsafed such an evident deliverance from God。 However察  Apion察the common calumniator of men察hath the   presumption to accuse the Jews for making this war against   Physco察when he ought to hav

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