# Pastor 3.1-3-3

Hermas Scr. Eccl. Pastor Hermae, Pastor, 3.1 to 3.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hermas-scr-eccl-pastor-hermae/pastor/3.1-3

Ἠρώτησα αὐτὴν περὶ τῶν τεσσάρων χρωμάτων ὧν εἶχεν τὸ θηρίον εἰς τὴν κεφαλήν. ἡ δὲ ἀποκριθεῖσά μοι λέγει: Πάλιν περίεργος εἶ περὶ τοιούτων πραγμάτων. Ναί, φημί, κυρία: γνώρισόν μοι, τί ἐστιν ταῦτα. Ἄκουε, φησίν: τὸ μὲν μέλαν οὗτος ὁ κόσμος ἐστίν, ἐν ᾧ κατοικεῖτε: τὸ δὲ πυροειδὲς καὶ αἱματῶδες, ὅτι δεῖ τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον δἰ αἵματος καὶ πυρὸς ἀπόλλυσθαι:

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Hermas, Pastor, ed. Kirsopp Lake. 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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