The Shepherd of Hermas

Hermas

Hermas, 2nd cent., The Shepherd of Hermas, The Apostolic Fathers, Vol 2, Kirsopp Lake, 1917

Ἄκουε, φησί, καὶ περὶ τούτων πάντων. οἱ λίθοι οἱ τοῦ πεδίου ἠρμένοι καὶ τεθειμένοι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου ἀντὶ τῶν ἀποβεβλημένων, αἱ ῥίζαι εἰσὶ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ λευκοῦ. [*](leukou= Pam, leukou= tou/tou AL.)

ἐπεὶ οὖν οἱ πιστεύσαντες, ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ λευκοῦ

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πάντες ἄκακοι εὑρέθησαν, ἐκέλευσεν ὁ κύριος τοῦ πύργου τούτους ἐκ τῶν ῥιζῶν [*](tw=n r(izw=n LE, om. A.) τοῦ ὄρους τούτου βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου: ἔγνω γάρ, ὅτι, ἐὰν ἀπέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι, διαμενοῦσι λαμπροὶ καὶ οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν μελανήσει. [*](At this point A ends, as the last leaf is missing. The Latin text shich folloss is that of L1. The fes verses in Greek are from Pam. Some sords have been restored as the Papyrus is in bad condition, but the reconstructions are almost certain.)