# Ὁμίλαι 5.6

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/5.6

Κᾀγὼ ἔφην· οὐκοῦν ὀρθῶς ἔχει τὰ ὑπὸ ποιητῶν καὶ φιλοσόφων λεγόμενα, ὡς ἐν ιἅδου αἱ ψυχαὶ τῶν ἀσεβῶν κριθεῖσαι ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἐτόλμησαν κολάζονται, οἷον Ἰξίωνος καὶ Ταντάλου Τιτυοῦ τε καὶ Σισύφου καὶ τῶν Δαναοῦ θυγατέρων καὶ ὅσοι ποτὲ ἄλλοι ἐνταῦθα ἠσέβησαν; καὶ πῶς, εἴγε ταῦθ᾽ οὕτως μὴ ἔχῃ, δυνατὸν ἂν μαγείαν ὑφεστάναι; τοῦ δὲ εἰπόντος, οὕτω τὰ ἐν ιἅδου ἔχειν, ἐγὼ ἐπυθόμην· διὰ τί δὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ μαγείαν οὐ πεφοβήμεθα, ἐπὶ μοιχείας πεπεισμένοι τὴν ἐν ᾅδου δίκην; μοιχείᾳ γὰρ βιάσασθαι τὴν μὴ θέλουσαν οὐ συντίθεμαι εἶναι δίκαιον. εἰ δέ τις αὐτὴν πείθειν ἐπαγγέλλεται, πρὸς τοῦτο, μετὰ τοῦ καὶ χάριν ὁμολογεῖν, ἑτοίμως ἔχω.

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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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