# Ὁμίλαι 4.17

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/4.17

Ἰδιώταις ἔχοις περὶ τῶν τοιούτων ὑπολήψεων ἀγανακτεῖν μετρίως εὔλογον. τοῖς δὲ ἐκ παιδείας ὁρμωμένοις τί δεῖ καὶ λέγειν; ὧν τινες γραμματικοὶ καὶ σοφισταὶ ἀξιοῦντες εἶναι τὰς τοιαύτας πράξεις θεῶν ἀξίας εἶναι βεβαιοῦσιν. αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀκρατεῖς ὄντες, ταύτης τῆς μυθικῆς προφάσεως λαβόμενοι, ὡς δὴ μιμηταὶ τῶν κρειττόνων ἄσεμνα διαπραττόμενοι παῤῥησιάζονται.

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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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