1 Clement 6.2

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

Summary: Christian women were tortured in cruel spectacles but finished the race of faith.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:18

διὰ ζῆλος διωχθεῖσαι γυναῖκες Δαναΐδες καὶ Δίρκαι, αἰκίσματα δεινὰ καὶ ἀνόσια παθοῦσαι, ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πίστεως βέβαιον δρόμον κατήντησαν καὶ ἔλαβον γέρας γενναῖον αἱ ἀσθενεῖς τῷ σώματι.

English · Claude translation

Because of jealousy women were persecuted as Danaids and Dircae; having suffered terrible and unholy indignities, they reached the secure goal in the race of faith and received a noble prize, though weak in body.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 · 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: Martyrdom, Persecution

Notes

Translation notes

“As Danaids and Dircae”: probably women put to death in the arena in scenes from mythology (Dirce was tied to a bull). Some think the text corrupt and emend it to “young women, slave girls.”

Cite this passage

1 Clem. 6.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/2/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 6.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/2/).

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