# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 2

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/2

Ταῦτά τε καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια οὐκ οἶδα πόθεν ἀπαύστως διενθυμούμενος ἄπαυστον εἶχον ἀεὶ τὴν λύπην καὶ τοσοῦτον, ὡς ὠχριακότα̣ με τήκεσθαι· καὶ τὸ δεινότατον, εἴποτε καὶ ἀπώσασθαι τὴν περὶ τούτων φροντίδα ὡς ματαίαν ἐλογισάμην, ἀκμαιότερόν μοι μᾶλλον τὸ πάθος ἐγίνετο. καὶ ἠχθόμην ἐπὶ τούτῳ, οὐκ εἰδὼς σύνοικον καλὴν ἔχων ἔννοιαν ἀθανασίας αἰτίαν μοι γενομένην, ὡς ὕστερον ἔγνων ἀπὸ τοῦ τέλους, καὶ θεῷ τῷ πάντων ηὐχαρίστησα ποιητῇ. ὑπὸ γὰρ τῆς καταρχάς με πιεζούσης ἐννοίας ἠναγκάσθην εἰς τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων ἐλθεῖν ζήτησιν, καὶ οὓς τὴν ἀρχὴν δι’ ἄγνοιαν μακαρίζειν ἐκινδύνευον, ὕστερον ταλανίζειν οὐκ ἐπαυσάμην.

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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/.