# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 161

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 161. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/161

Ἐγὼ γὰρ ἐζηλοτύπουν, φησὶν, ἐπί σοι, ὅτι τὸν σύζυγον ἐμὲ περιορῶσα παρὰ τὸν ξένον τοῦτον ἐφοίτας, τὸ τοῦ πατριάρχου προσθεὶς ὄνομα· καὶ τοὺς τῆς φύσεως θορύβους καὶ τὰς ἐκ τῆς ζάλης ταραχὰς οὐ φέρων ἠναγκάσθην πρὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀπιοῦσαν ἐπιφυλάξαι σε καὶ ἰδεῖν τὰ τελούμενα. εἰσελθὼν τοίνυν καὶ αὐτὸς κατόπιν εἰς τὸν ναὸν, καὶ περιέργοις ὀφθαλμοῖς τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ πατριάρχου γινόμενα θεωρῶν, ὅλην τε αὐτῷ τὴν ἀκοὴν διανιστῶν, καὶ ἀκροατὴς εἶναι τῶν λεγομένων ἐθέλων τὰς ὄψεις τε ὁμοῦ καὶ τὰ ὦτα πηροῦμαι. εἰ καὶ πάλιν ἐκεῖνος, ἅτε θεοῦ μιμητὴς ὢν, ἀναβλέψαι τε καὶ ἀκοῦσαι πεποίηκεν, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀγαθοῦ τοσούτου ἀμνημονήσας οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἀπέδωκα χάριτας αὐτῷ τῆς εὐεργεσίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τερατείαν ὁ μάταιος τὸ θαῦμα εἰπὼν τιμωρήσασθαί τε αὐτὸν ἐπεχείρουν, ὅση μοι δύναμις, καὶ κατασχεῖν, οἴμοι, καὶ δεσμοῖς περιβαλεῖν ἐκέλευον τοῖς οἰκέταις· ἐκείνοις δὲ κατέχειν τε αὐτὸν νομίζουσι καὶ εἰς δεσμὰ φέρειν ξύλα ἦν ἐν χερσὶ μόνον καὶ λίθοι· τοῦτο δὲ καὶ αὐτῷ μοι ἐδόκει, καὶ οἷα ὑπ’ αὐτῶν κατεχομένου τοῦ πατριάρχου, ἀπειλὰς ἐγὼ χαλεπωτέρας ἐπῆγον. διὰ τοῦτο δέομαι ὁ σὸς ἀνὴρ, καὶ ταύτην παρὰ γυναικὸς ἐμῆς αἰτῶ χάριν, ὥστε πρῶτα μὲν εὐμενῆ γενέσθαι μοι τὸν θεόν, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν διαλλαγῆναι τὸν πατριάρχην.

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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/.