# Excerpta ex Theodoto 40

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/40

Τὰ μὲν γὰρ δεξιὰ πρὸ τῆς τοῦ φωτὸς αἰτήσεως προηνέχθη ὑπὸ τῆς μητρός, τὰ δὲ σπέρματα τῆς ἐκκλησίας μετὰ τὴν τοῦ φωτὸς αἴτησιν, ὅτε ὑπὸ τοῦ ἄρρενος τὰ ἀγγελικὰ τῶν σπερμάτων προεβάλλετο.

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Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, ed. Otto Stählin. 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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