# Ὁμίλαι 14.6

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/14.6

Καὶ ὁ γέρων ἀπεκρίνατο· ἀληθῶς μεγάλως ἔφης, ἀλλὰ πάσῃ σου τῇ ἀπαραβλήτῳ ἀποδείξει ἡ ἐμὴ ἐμποδίζει συνείδησις. ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀστρολόγος ὢν, καὶ Ρώμην πρῶτον οἰκήσας φιλωθείς τινι πρὸς γένους ὄντι Καίσαρος, αὐτοῦ τε καὶ τῆς συμβίου τὴν γένεσιν ἠπιστάμην, καὶ ἱστορήσας ἀκολούθως τῇ γενέσει αὐτῶν τὰς πράξεις ἀποτελεσθείσας ἔργῳ, σοὶ λόγῳ πείθεσθαι οὐ δύναμαι. ἦν γὰρ τῆς γενέσεως αὐτῆς τὸ διάθεμα, ποιοῦν μοιχάδας, ἰδίων δούλων ἐρώσας, καὶ ἐπὶ ξένης ἐν ὕδασιν θνησκούσας. ὃ καὶ οὕτω γέγονεν. ἐρασθεῖσα γὰρ τοῦ ἰδίου δούλου καὶ μὴ φέρουσα τὸν ψόγον, φυγοῦσα σὺν αὐτῷ, ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ ὁρμήσασα καὶ κοινωνήσασα αἰτῷ, θαλάσσῃ διεφθάρη.

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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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