# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 26

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/26

Τὸ δὲ παρεισελθεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν τῆς θεοσεβείας λόγον γέγονεν οὕτως. Ἰωάννης τις ἐγένετο ἡμεροβαπτιστὴς, καὶ ὥσπερ τῷ κυρίῳ γεγόνασι δώδεκα μαθηταὶ τὸν τοῦ ἡλίου δωδεκάμηνον φέροντες ἀριθμὸν, οὕτω καὶ αὐτῷ ἔξαρχοι γεγόνασιν ἄνδρες τριάκοντα τὸν μηνιαῖον τῆς σελήνης λόγον ἀποπληροῦντες, ἐν οἷς καὶ μία τις ἦν γυνὴ καλουμένη Ἑλένη, ἵνα μηδὲ τοῦτο ἀνοικονόμητον ᾖ. ἥμισυ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς οὖσα ἡ γυνὴ ἀτελῆ τὸν τῆς τριακοντάδος τίθησιν ἀριθμὸν, ὥσπερ ἄρα καὶ τῆς σελήνης, ἧς ἡ πορεία τοῦ μηνὸς οὐ τέλειον ποιεῖται τὸν δρόμον. τούτων δὲ τῶν τριάκοντα τῷ Ἰωάννῃ πρῶτος καὶ δοκιμώτατος ἦν ὁ Σίμων.

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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/.