c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.474

The Wars of the Jews 5.474

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.474

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

474And here one Tephtheus, of Garsis, a city of Galilee, and Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne’s servants, and with them one from Adiabene, he was the son of Nabateus, and called by the name of Chagiras, from the ill fortune he had, the word signifying “a lame man,” snatched some torches, and ran suddenly upon the engines.