4 Maccabees 5:8

⁶I would counsel thee, old man, before thy tortures begin, to taste the swine’s flesh, and save your life; for I feel respect for your age and hoary head, which since you have had so long, you appear to me to be no philosopher in retaining the superstition of the Jews.

⁷For wherefore, since nature has conferred upon you the most excellent flesh of this animal, do you loathe it?

— 4 Maccabees 5:8 —

⁹And you will be acting, I think, still more senselessly, if you follow vain conceits about the truth.

¹⁰And you will, moreover, be despising me to your own punishment.