# Excerpta ex Theodoto 70

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 70. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/70

Διὰ τῶν ἀπλανῶν τοίνυν καὶ πλανωμένων ἄστρων αἱ ἐπὶ τούτων ἀόρατοι δυνάμεις ἐποχούμεναι ταμιεύουσι τὰς γενέσεις καὶ ἐπισκοποῦσι· τὰ δὲ ἄστρα αὐτὰ μὲν οὐδὲν ποιεῖ, δείκνυσι δὲ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῶν κυρίων δυνάμεων, ὥσπερ καὶ ἡ τῶν ὀρνίθων πτῆσις σημαίνει τι, οὐχὶ ποιεῖ.

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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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