# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 119

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 119. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/119

Ἅ καὶ βλέπων ὁ Πέτρος σὺ εἶ Φαῦστος, εἶπεν, ὁ ταύτης ἀνὴρ καὶ τῶν αὐτῆς παίδων πατήρ; ὁ δὲ ἐγὼ εἰμι, ἔφη. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· πῶς οὖν μοι τοὺς σεαυτοῦ ὡς περὶ ἄλλου διηγήσω πόνους εἰπὼν καὶ λύπην καὶ τάφον; καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἀπεκρίνατο· συγγενὴς ὢν Καίσαρος καὶ γενέσθαι κατάφωρος οὐκ ἐθέλων ἐπ’ ἄλλῳ τινὶ τὴν ἐξήγησιν ἀνετυπωσάμην, ἵν’ αὐτοῖς ὅστις εἰμὶ μὴ ἐπιγνωσθῶ. ᾔδειν γὰρ ὅτι, εἰ ἀναγνώριμος γένωμαι, οἱ κατὰ τὸν τόπον ἡγούμενοι ταῦτα μαθόντες ἀνακαλέσονται Καίσαρι κεχαρισμένα ποιοῦντες καὶ τὴν τοῦ βίου πάλιν εὐδαιμονίαν μοι περιθήσουσιν, ὅπερ ὅλῃ προθέσει πρότερον ἀπεταξάμην, ἄνευ τῶν ἐμοὶ φιλτάτων τέκνων πολιτεύεσθαι ἢ ζῆν ὅλως μὴ ἀνεχόμενος.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1271.tlg011.local001/.