The Shepherd of Hermas
Hermas
Hermas, 2nd cent., The Shepherd of Hermas, The Apostolic Fathers, Vol 2, Kirsopp Lake, 1917
Ὁ θρέψας με πέπρακέν με Ῥόδῃ τινὶ [*](pro\s gunai=ka/ tina AL1, omitting the mention of her name) εἰς Ῥώμην. μετὰ πολλὰ ἔτη ταύτην ἀνεγνωρισάμην καὶ ἠρξάμην αὐτὴν ἀγαπᾶν ὡς ἀδελφήν.
μετὰ χρόνον τινὰ λουομένην εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν Τίβεριν εἶδον καὶ ἐπέδωκα αὐτῇ τὴν χεῖρα καὶ ἐξήγαγον αὐτὴν ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ. ταύτης οὖν ἰδὼν τὸ κάλλος διελογιζόμην ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου λέγων: Μακάριος ἤμην, εἰ τοιαύτην γυναῖκα εἶχον καὶ τῷ κάλλει καὶ τῷ τρόπῳ. μόνον τοῦτο ἐβουλευσάμην, ἕτερον δὲ οὐδὲ ἕν.
μετὰ χρόνον τινὰ πορευομένου μου εἰς Κώμας [*](kw/mas N AE, civitatem Ostiorum L, the editors emend to *kou/mas (Cumae). It is probable that Cumae is the meaning of the text, but it is not impossiblethe spelling kw/mas is original. The alternative is that poreuome/nou ei)s kw/mas means the same as the modern Italian *willeggiatura (summer holiday in the country).) καὶ δοξάζοντος τὰς κτίσεις τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς μεγάλαι καὶ ἐκπρεπεῖς καὶ δυναταί εἰσιν, περιπατῶν ἀφύπνωσα. καὶ πνεῦμά με ἔλαβεν καὶ ἀπήνεγκέ με δἰ ἀνοδίας τινός, δἰ ἧς ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἐδύνατο ὁδεῦσαι: ἦν δὲ ὁ τόπος κρημνώδης καὶ ἀπερρηγὼς ἀπὸ τῶν