# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 158

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 158. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/158

Οἱ μὲν οὖν οἰκέται σπουδαίως τὰ προστεταγμένα ποιεῖν εἰς αὐτὸν ἐπειρῶντο. ἐλάνθανον δὲ ἄρα τῶν παρακειμένων λίθων καὶ ξύλων ἁπτόμενοι, καὶ σύροντες αὐτὰ καὶ δεσμοῦντες, καὶ τῇδε κἀκεῖσε μανικῶς περιάγοντες. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ τῷ Σισιννίῳ ἐδόκει, καὶ δεσμώτην ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκετῶν γεγενῆσθαι τὸν πατριάρχην καὶ αὐτὸς ᾤετο. ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἀπαθὴς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδίκων ἐκείνων ἐτηρεῖτο χειρῶν, οὐδὲ μικρὰν ἁφὴν ὑπομένων, οὐδὲ ἐν μέσοις τοῖς δεινοῖς θορυβούμενος. εἶτα καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἀνόητον ἐκεῖνον ἰδὼν πεπώρωσαι τὴν καρδίαν, ἔφη, λίθους οὕτω καὶ ξύλα κινῶν καὶ ὅλην κατ’ αὐτῶν ἀφιεὶς τὴν ὀργὴν, ἃ μικρῷ πρόσθεν ἐτίμας καὶ ὡς θεοὺς ἐθεράπευες. ὁ δὲ ἀλλ’ ἐγώ σε κακῶς ἀπολῶ, φησὶν, ὡς καὶ μεταβαλεῖν πολλοὺς τῶν γοήτων ἐντεῦθεν καὶ σωφρονῆσαι, ἀφ’ ὧν αὐτὸς τὰ ἔσχατα πείσῃ, τὰ μεγάλα ἐκείνους κερδάναντας.

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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/.