# Ὁμίλαι 8.21

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/8.21

Τῷ γὰρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἡμῶν βασιλεῖ προσῆλθέν ποτε ὁ πρόσκαιρος βασιλεύς, οὐ βίαν ποιῶν, οὐ γὰρ ἐξῆν, ἀλλὰ προτρέπων καὶ ἀναπείθων, ὅτι τὸ πεισθῆναι ἐπὶ τῇ ἑκάστου κεῖται ἐξουσίᾳ. προσελθὼν οὖν, ὡς τῶν παρόντων ὤν βασιλεύς, τῷ τῶν μελλόντων βασιλεῖ ἔφη· πᾶσαι αἱ τοῦ νῦν κόσμου βασιλεῖαι ὑπόκεινται ἐμοί, ἔτι τε ὁ χρυσὸς καὶ ὁ ἄργυρος καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τρυφὴ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου ὑπὸ ταῖς ἐμαῖς ἐστιν ἐξουσίαις· διὸ πεσὼν προσκύνησόν μοι, καὶ δώσω σοι πάντα ταῦτα. ταῦτα δὲ ἔλεγεν εἰδώς, ὅτι μετὰ τὸ προσκυνῆσαι καὶ τὴν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἶχεν ἐξουσίαν, καὶ οὕτως τῆς μελλούσης δόξης καὶ βασιλείας αὐτὸν ἀφῄρει. καὶ πάντα εἰδὼς οὐ μόνον αὐτὸν οὐ προσεκύνησεν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τῶν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν τι ἠθέλησεν· ἑαυτὸν γὰρ σὺν τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ κατενεχύραζεν, ὅπερ ἐστίν, μὴ ἐξεῖναι τοῦ λοιποῦ τῶν αὐτῷ ἀποδοθέντων μηδὲ ψαῦσαι ἔτι. ἀποκρινάμενος οὖν ἔφη· Γέγραπται, κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου φοβηθήσῃ, καὶ αὐτῷ λατρεύσεις μόνον.

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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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