# Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita 115

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita, Section 115. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-altera-nunc-primum-edita/115

Καὶ ὁ γέρων ἀπεκρίνατο· ἀληθῶς μεγάλα ἔφης, ἀλλὰ πάσῃ σου τῇ ἀπαραβλήτῳ ἀποδείξει ἡ ἐμὴ ἐμποδίζει συνείδησις. ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀστρολόγος ὢν καὶ Ῥώμην πρῶτον οἰκήσας φιλωθεὶς τινὶ πρὸς γένους ὄντι Καίσαρος αὐτοῦ τε καὶ τῆς συμβίου τὴν γένεσιν ἠπιστάμην· καὶ ἱστορήσας ἀκολούθως τῇ γενέσει αὐτῶν τὰς πράξεις ἀποτελεσθείσας ἔργῳ, σοὶ λόγῳ πείθεσθαι οὐ δύναμαι. ἦν γὰρ τῆς γενέσεως αὐτῆς τὸ διάθεμα ποιοῦν μοιχάδας, ἰδίων δούλων ἐρώσας, καὶ ἐπὶ ξένης ἐν ὕδασι θνησκούσας· ὃ καὶ οὕτως γέγονεν. ἐρασθεῖσα γὰρ τοῦ ἰδίου δούλου, καὶ μὴ φέρουσα τὸν ψόγον, φυγοῦσα σὺν αὐτῷ, ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ ὁρμήσασα καὶ κοινωνήσασα αὐτῷ θαλάσσῃ διεφθάρη.

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Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita, ed. Albert Dressel. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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