# Excerpta ex Theodoto 72

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 72. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/72

Ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς στάσεως καὶ μάχης τῶν δυνάμεων ὁ κύριος ἡμᾶς ῥύεται καὶ παρέχει τὴν εἰρήνην ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν δυνάμεων καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀγγέλων παρατάξεως, ἣν οἳ μὲν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, οἳ δὲ καθ᾿ ἡμῶν παρατάσσονται. οἳ μὲν γὰρ στρατιώταις ἐοίκασι, συμμαχοῦντες ἡμῖν, ὡς ἂν ὑπηρέται θεοῦ, οἳ δὲ λῃσταῖς· ὁ γὰρ πονηρὸς οὐ παρὰ βασιλέως ἐζώσατο λαβὼν τὴν μάχαιραν, ἑαυτῷ δὲ ἐξ ἀπονοίας ἁρπάσας.

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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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