# Excerpta ex Theodoto 68

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 68. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/68

Ἄχρι μὲν γὰρ ἦμεν τῆς θηλείας μόνης τέκνα, ὡς ἂν αἰσχρᾶς συζυγίας, ἀτελῆ καὶ νήπια καὶ ἄφρονα καὶ ἀσθενῆ καὶ ἄμορφα, οἷον ἐκτρώματα προ[σ]ενεχθέντα, τῆς γυναικὸς ἦμεν τέκνα, ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ σωτῆρος μορφωθέντες ἀνδρὸς καὶ νυμφῶνος γεγόναμεν τέκνα.

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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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