c. AD 94

J. AJ 17.74

The Antiquities of the Jews 17.74

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

17.74

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

74When, therefore, Pheroras was fallen sick, and thou camest to him and tookest care of him, and when he saw the kindness thou hadst for him, his mind was overborne thereby. So he called me to him, and said to me, ‘O woman! Antipater hath circumvented me in this affair of his father and my brother, by persuading me to have a murderous intention to him, and procuring a potion to be subservient thereto; do thou, therefore, go and fetch my potion,