c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.155

The Wars of the Jews 2.155

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.155

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

155but that when they are set free from the bonds of the flesh, they then, as released from a long bondage, rejoice and mount upward. And this is like the opinions of the Greeks, that good souls have their habitations beyond the ocean, in a region that is neither oppressed with storms of rain or snow, or with intense heat, but that this place is such as is refreshed by the gentle breathing of a west wind, that is perpetually blowing from the ocean; while they allot to bad souls a dark and tempestuous den, full of never-ceasing punishments.