# Ὁμίλαι 6.16

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/6.16

Ὁ δὲ τὸν τοῦ πλούτου ἡγεμόνα καὶ φύλακα ὄφιν ἀνελὼν Ἡρακλῆς ὁ γνήσιος καὶ φιλόσοφός ἐστι νοῦς, ὅς πάσης κακίας γυμνὸς ὤν ἐκπερινοστεῖ τὸν κόσμον, ἐπιδημῶν ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ σωφρονίζων τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας, λέγω δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἐοικότας λέουσιν τολμηροῖς ἢ ἐλάφοις δειλοῖς ἢ κάπροις ἀγρίοις ἢ ὕδραις πολυτρόποις. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα, ὅσα ἀθλῆσαι λέγεται Ἡρακλῆς, νοερᾶς ἀρετῆς ἐστιν αἰνίγματα. αὐτάρκως νῦν ἐχέτω τὰ εἰρημένα εἰς γὰρ ἕκαστον εἰπεῖν οὐδὲ ὁ σύμπας χρόνος ἀρκέσει.

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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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