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In the 3rd century, Origen of Alexandria was the first ancient writer to have a comprehensive reference to Josephus, although some other authors had made smaller, general references to Josephus before then, e. g. Justin Martyr and Irenaeus in the second century, followed by Clement.

Origen explicitly mentions the name of Josephus 11 times, both in Greek and Latin.

However, despite the fact that most of Origen's works only survive in Latin translations, 10 out of the 11 references are in the original Greek.