# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 115

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 115. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/115

Καὶ ὁ γέρων· ἀληθῶς ἔφης· ἀλλὰ πάσῃ σου τῇ ἀπαραβλήτῳ ἀποδείξει ἡ ἐμὴ ἐμποδίζει συνείδησις. ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀστρολόγος ὤν καὶ Ῥώμην πρῶτον οἰκήσας, εἶτα φιλιωθείς τινι πρὸς γένους ὄντι Καίσαρος, αὐτοῦ τε καὶ τῆς συμβίου τὴν γένεσιν ἀκριβῶς ἠπιστάμην, καὶ ἱστορήσας ἀκολούθως τὰς πράξεις ἀποτελεσθείσας αὐτῶν τῇ γενέσει, λόγοις μόνοις οὐκ ἔχω σοι πείθεσθαι. ἦν γὰρ τῆς γενέσεως αὐτῆς τὸ διάθεμα, ποιοῦν μοιχάδας ἰδίων δούλων ἐρώσας καὶ ἐπὶ ξένης ἐν ὕδατι θνησκούσας· ὃ καὶ οὕτω γέγονεν. ἐρασθεῖσα γὰρ τοῦ ἰδίου δούλου καὶ τὸν ψόγον φέρειν οὐ δυναμένη, φυγοῦσα ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ καὶ κοίτης αὐτῷ κοινωνήσασα κατὰ θάλασσαν διεφθάρη.

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Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, 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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