# Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita 37

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita, Section 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-altera-nunc-primum-edita/37

Αὐτίκα γοῦν ὁ καθ’ ὁμοίωσιν αὐτοῦ γεγονὼς Ἀδὰμ καὶ τυφλὸς κτίζεται, καὶ γνῶσιν ἀγαθοῦ ἢ κακοῦ οὐκ ἔχων παραδέδοται, καὶ παραβάτης εὑρίσκεται, καὶ τοῦ παραδείσου ἐκβάλλεται καὶ θανάτῳ τιμωρεῖται. ὁμοίως τε καὶ ὁ πλάσας αὐτὸν, ἐπεὶ μὴ πανταχόθεν βλέπει, ἐπὶ τῇ Σοδόμων καταστροφῇ λέγει· δεῦτε καὶ καταβάντες ἴδωμεν, εἰ κατὰ τὴν κραυγὴν αὐτῶν τὴν γενομένην πρός με συντελοῦνται· εἰ δὲ μὴ, ἵνα γνῶ· καὶ ἀγνοοῦντα ἑαυτὸν δείκνυσιν. τῷ δὲ εἰπεῖν περὶ τοῦ Ἀδάμ· ἐκβάλωμεν αὐτὸν, μήπως ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἅψηται τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς καὶ φάγῃ, καὶ ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· τῷ εἰπεῖν μήπως, ἀγνοεῖ· τῷ δὲ ἐπαγαγεῖν, μήπως φαγὼν ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ φθονεῖ. καὶ τῷ γεγράφθαι, ὅτι ἐνεθυμήθη ὁ θεὸς, ὅνι ἐποίησεν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, καὶ μετανοεῖ καὶ ἀγνοεῖ· τὸ γὰρ ἐνεθυμήθη, σκέψις ἐστὶν, ᾗ τις δι’ ἄγνοιαν ὧν βούλεται τὸ τέλος ἀκριβῶσαι θέλει ἢ ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ κατὰ γνώμην ἀποβάντι μεταμελομένῳ. καὶ τὸ γεγράφθαι· καὶ ὠσφράνθη κύριος ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας, ἐνδεοῦς ἐστιν, καὶ ἐπὶ κνίσῃ σαρκῶν ἡσθῆναι, οὐκ ἀγαθοῦ. τὸ δὲ πειράζειν ὡς γέγραπται· καὶ ἐπείρασεν κύριος τὸν Ἀβραὰμ κακοῦ, καὶ τὸ τέλος τῆς ὑπομονῆς ἀγνοοῦντος.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1271.tlg012.local001/.