# Ὁμίλαι 3.61

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/3.61

Εἰ δέ τις τῶν παρεστώτων, διοικεῖν δυνάμενος τὴν ἀγνωμοσύνην τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὑποστέλλεται, τῆς αὑτοῦ ἀναπαύσεως φροντίζων μόνης, καὶ αὐτὸς προσδοκάτω ἀκοῦσαι· δοῦλε πονηρὲ καὶ ὀκνηρέ, ἔδει σε τὸ ἀργύριόν μου προβαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῶν τραπεζιτῶν, καὶ ἐγὼ ἂν ἐλθὼν ἔπραξα τὸ ἐμόν· ἐκβάλετε τὸν ἀχρεῖον δοῦλον εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον. καὶ εὐλόγως. σοῦ γάρ, φησίν, ἄνθρωπου, τοὺς λόγους μου ὡς ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τραπεζιτῶν καὶ ὡς χρήματα δοκιμάσαι. τὸ οὖν πλῆθος τῶν πιστῶν δεῖ ἑνί τινι πείθεσθαι, ἵνα οὕτως ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ διατελεῖν δυνηθῇ. τὸ γὰρ εἰς ἀρχὴν μιᾶς λῆγον ἐξουσίας, μοναρχίας εἰκόνι, τοὺς ὑπείκοντας αἰτίᾳ εὐταξίας εἰρήνης ἀπολαύειν τίθησιν· τὸ δὲ πάντας φιλαρχοῦντας ἑνὶ μόνῳ ὑπεῖξαι μὴ θέλειν, καὶ αἰτίᾳ διαιρέσεως πάντως καὶ πεσεῖν ἔχουσιν.

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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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