1 Clement 25.3

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: A new phoenix carries its parent's bones to Egypt.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:52

σηπομένης δὲ τῆς σαρκὸς σκώληξ τις γεννᾶται, ὃς ἐκ τῆς ἰκμάδος τοῦ τετελευτηκότος ζώου ἀνατρεφόμενος πτεροφυεῖ· εἶτα γενναῖος γενόμενος αἴρει τὸν σηκὸν ἐκεῖνον, ὅπου τὰ ὀστᾶ τοῦ προγεγονότος ἐστίν, καὶ ταῦτα βαστάζων διανύει ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀραβικῆς χώρας ἕως τῆς Αἰγύπτου εἰς τὴν λεγομένην Ἡλιούπολιν,

English · Claude translation

As its flesh decays, a worm is born, which is nourished by the moisture of the dead creature and grows wings. Then, when it has grown strong, it takes up the nest in which are the bones of its parent, and carrying them it makes its way from the country of Arabia to Egypt, to the city called Heliopolis;

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:52 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Eschatology

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1 Clem. 25.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/3/).

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1 Clem. 25.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/3/).

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