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τὸν δὲ ἕβδομον οἱ μὲν Περίανδρον εἶναι λέγουσιν τὸν Κορίνθιον οἱ δὲ Ἀνάχαρσιν τὸν Σκύθην οἱ δὲ Ἐπιμενίδην τὸν Κρῆτα [ὃν Ἑλληνικὸν οἶδε προφήτην], οὗ μέμνηται ὁ ἀπόστολος Παῦλος ἐν τῆι πρὸς Τίτον ἐπιστολῆι· εἶπέν τις ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης· Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες ἀργαί.
and the seventh, some say, was Periander of Corinth; others, Anacharsis the Scythian; others, Epimenides the Cretan, whom Paul knew as a Greek prophet, whom he mentions in the Epistle to Titus, where he speaks thus: "One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. And this witness is true."
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Clement’s witness includes Paul’s quotation and the verse. Jerome’s and Maximus of Tyre’s additional discussions are retained in the full source dossier. Wilson also includes the following sentence from Titus 1:13
Published passage: Stromata I.14 (I.59)
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PAUL. ad Tit. 1, 12 εἶπέν τις ἐξ αὐτῶν [Kreter] , ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης· Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες ἀργαί. CLEM. Str. I 59 (II 37, 21 St.) τὸν δὲ ἕβδομον [Weisen] οἱ μὲν Περίανδρον εἶναι λέγουσιν τὸν Κορίνθιον οἱ δὲ Ἀνάχαρσιν τὸν Σκύθην οἱ δὲ Ἐπιμενίδην τὸν Κρῆτα [ὃν Ἑλληνικὸν οἶδε προφήτην], οὗ μέμνηται ὁ ἀπόστολος Παῦλος ἐν τῆι πρὸς Τίτον ἐπιστολῆι [folgt Zitat] . Aus dessen Quelle HIERON. comm. in ep. ad Tit. VII 606 Migne dicitur autem iste versiculus in Epimenidis Cretensis poetae Oraculis reperiri . . . denique ipse liber Oraculorum titulo praenotatur. Vgl. ep. 70 [I 666 M.] , wo er zufügt: cuius heroici hemistichium postea Callimachus usurpavit [h. 1, 8 Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται· καὶ γὰρ τάφον, ὦ ἄνα, σεῖο Κρῆτες ἐτεκτήναντο· σὺ δ’ οὐ θάνες· ἐσσὶ γὰρ αἰεί]. MAXIM. TYR. e. 38 (p. 439, 14 Hobein = c. 22 p. 224 Dav.) ἦλθεν Ἀθήναζε καὶ ἄλλος Κρὴς ἀνὴρ ὄνομα Ἐ.· οὐδὲ οὗτος ἔσχεν εἰπεῖν αὑτῶι διδάσκαλον· ἀλλ’ ἦν μὲν δεινὸς τὰ θεῖα, ὥστε τὴν Ἀθηναίων πόλιν κακουμένην λοιμῶι καὶ στάσει διεσώσατο ἐκθυσάμενος· δεινὸς δὲ ἦν ταῦτα οὐ μαθών, ἀλλ’ ὕπνον αὑτῶι διηγεῖτο μακρὸν καὶ ὄνειρον διδάσκαλον. c. 10 (p. 110, 13 H. = c. 28 p. 286 Dav.) ἀφίκετό ποτε Ἀθήναζε ἀνὴρ Κρὴς ὄνομα Ἐ. κομίζων λόγον οὑτωσὶ ῥηθέντα πιστεύεσθαι χαλεπόν· 〈μέσης γὰρ〉 ἡμέρας ἐν Δικταίου Διὸς τῶι ἄντρωι κείμενος ὕπνωι βαθεῖ ἔτη συχνὰ ὄναρ ἔφη ἐντυχεῖν αὐτὸς θεοῖς καὶ θεῶν λόγοις καὶ Ἀληθείαι καὶ Δίκηι.