# Ὁμίλαι 3.63

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/3.63

Τίνα δὲ ἄλλον αἱρήσομαι τῶν παρόντων, ἢ Ζακχαῖον, πρὸς ὅν καὶ ὁ κύριος εἰσιὼν ἀνεπαύσατο, τοῦ σώζεσθαι κρίνας ἄξιον εἶναι; καὶ τοῦτο εἰπών, παρεστῶτι τῷ Ζακχαίῳ ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα, ἐβιάζετο ἐπὶ τὴν αὑτοῦ καθεσθῆναι καθέδραν. ὁ δὲ Ζακχαῖος προςπεσὼν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ ἐδέετο, ὅπως τοῦ ἄρχειν αὐτὸν ἀπολύσῃ, μετὰ τοῦ ὑπισχνεῖσθαι καὶ λέγειν, ὅτι ὁπόσα ποτὲ χρὴ τὸν ἄρχοντα ποιεῖν, ποιήσω , μόνον μοι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο μὴ ἔχειν χάρισαι· εὐλαβοῦμαι γὰρ τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐνδύσασθαι ὄνομα· πικροῦ γὰρ φθόνου καὶ κινδύνου γέμει.

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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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