# Ὁμίλαι 12.18

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/12.18

Καὶ ἵνα μή σοι μηκύνω τοὺς οὐκ ἀναγκαίους λόγους, συνῴκησα αὐτῇ διὰ τὴν φιλανδρίαν. καὶ μετ᾽ οὐ πολὺ ἐμοῦ τῆς ταλαιπώρου αἱ χεῖρες ὑπὸ τῶν δηγμάτων παρείθησαν, καὶ ἡ ὑποδεξαμένη με γυνὴ ὅλη ὑπὸ πάθους τινὸς συνδεθεῖσα ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας ἔῤῥιπται. ἐπεὶ οὖν ὁ τῶν πάλαι γυναικῶν ἔλεος παρήκμασεν, ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ἡ κατ᾽ οἶκον ἀμφότεραι ἐπισινεῖς τυγχάνομεν, ἐκ πολλῶν χρόνων ἐνταῦθα, ὡς ὁρᾷς, καθέζομαι προσαιτοῦσα, καὶ ὧν ἄν εὐπορήσω, καὶ τῇ συνταλαιπώρῳ εἰς τροφὰς κομίζω. καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐμὰ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον αὐτάρκως εἰρήσθω. λοιπὸν σὺ κωλύεις τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν πληρῶσαι τοῦ δοῦναι τὸ φάρμακον ὅπως κἀκείνῃ ἐπιθυμούσῃ θανεῖν δῶ, καὶ οὕτως κἀγὼ τοῦ ζῇν, ὡς ἔφης, μεταλλάξαι δυνηθῶ.

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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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