# Ὁμίλαι 5.9

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/5.9

Καὶ ὁ Ἀππίων ἔφη· ταύτῃ μᾶλλον εὔελπίς εἰμι πείθειν αὐτὴν δυνήσεσθαι, ὡς αὐτὸς θέλεις, εἴ περ γε προσομιλῆσαι αὐτῇ δυνάμεθα. κᾀγὼ ἀπεκρινάμην· ἀδύνατον. καὶ ὁ Ἀππίων ἐπύθετο, εἰ ἐπιστεῖλαι αὐτῇ δυνατόν ἐστιν. κᾀγὼ ἔφην· δυνατὸν τοῦτό γε. καὶ ὁ Ἀππίων ἔφη· ἔτι τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ συγγράψω βιβλίον, μοιχείας ἐγκώμιον, ὅπερ σὺ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ λαβὼν διαπέμψεις αὐτῇ, καὶ ἐλπίζω ὅτι πεισθεῖσα συνθήσεται. συγγράψας ὁ Ἀππίων ἐκεῖνο τὸ βιβλίον ἐδίδου ἐμοί, περὶ οὗ καὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ ἐνενόησα, καὶ εὔκαιρος ἔχειν αὐτὸ ὑπεμνήσθην, σὺν ἄλλοις βιβλίοις οἷς μετ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιφέρομαι. διηγησάμενος δὲ ταῦτα ἔδειξα τοῖς παροῦσι τὸ βιβλίον, καὶ βουλομένοις ἐπακούσαι ἀνέγνων, καὶ δὴ ἀναγνοὺς ἔφην· αὕτη ἐστίν, ἄνδρες, ἡ τῶν Ἑλλήνων παιδεία, γενναίαν ὑπόθεσιν ἔχουσα πρὸς τὸ ἀδεῶς ἐξαμαρτάνειν. τὸ δὲ βιβλίον ἦν οὕτως ἔχον.

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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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