# Ὁμίλαι 11.14

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/11.14

Ὡ ἀνόητοι. ὑμεῖς τοῦ λεγομένου γίνεσθε δίκαιοι κριταί. εἴπερ γὰρ καὶ ἐχρῆν ἐνταῦθα εἰς εὐφρασίαν σώματος ἑαυτὸν δοῦναι ποίᾳ εὐωχίᾳ, ἄμεινον ἡ ἐν ποταμοῖς καὶ ὕλαις καὶ ἄλσεσιν, ἔνθα εἰλαπίναι καὶ συμπόσια καὶ κατάσκιοι τόποι, ἢ ὅπου ἀπόνοια δαιμόνων , καὶ χειρῶν τομαὶ, καὶ αἰδοίων ἀποκοπαὶ, καὶ οἶστροι , καὶ μανίαι, καὶ τριχῶν κόμαι, καὶ κόμποι , καὶ ἐνθουσιασμοὶ, καὶ ὀλολυγαὶ, καὶ πάντα ἐκεῖνα τὰ μεθ᾽ ὑποκρίσεως εἰς κατάπληξιν τῶν ἀνοήτων γινόμενα, ὅπως τὰς ὑμῶν ὀφειλομένας εὐχὰς καὶ εὐχαριστίας καὶ νεκρῶν νεκροτέροις προςενέγκητε;

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Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, ed. Albert Schwegler. 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.
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