Clement of Alexandria

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The famous third century Father of the Church, Clement of Alexandria was an eclectic neo-Platonic philosopher, who later found a new philosophy in Christianity, drawing inspiration from not only the Bible, but also pagan beliefs. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts.  This comprehensive eBook presents Clement’s complete extant works, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

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* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Clement’s life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Clement, in both English translation and the original Greek
* Concise introductions to the works
* Provides two translations of the key work PROTREPTICUS (Exhortation) – G. W. Butterworth and William Wilson
* Includes Butterworth’s translations from the Loeb Classical Library edition of Clement
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables
* Includes Clement’s rare fragments, first time in digital print
* Features two bonus biographies – discover Clement’s ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

Please note: some Kindle software programs cannot display Greek characters correctly; however the characters do display correctly on Kindle devices.

CONTENTS:

The Translations
PROTREPTICUS (Exhortation)
PAEDAGOGUS (Tutor)
STROMATA (Miscellanies)
SALVATION FOR THE RICH, ALSO KNOWN AS WHO IS THE RICH MAN WHO IS SAVED?
EXHORTATION TO ENDURANCE OR TO THE NEWLY BAPTIZED
FRAGMENTS

The Greek Texts
LIST OF GREEK TEXTS

The Biographies
INTRODUCTION TO CLEMENT by G. W. Butterworth
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA by Arthur Cleveland Coxe