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This text from the early third century is attributed to Clement of Alexandria, and is often said to be the earliest Christian hymn (apart from passages in the New Testament) whose author is known. Tomorrow I am going to put it on my Facebook page as part of my participation in an exercise called #EvergreenAdvent. But I want to include the original Greek text, and I'll be danged if I can find more than a poorly attested first line (Στόμιον πώλων ἀων). Anybody know where I can find the rest *fast*?!
To reach me on FB or see what I've done in #EvergreenAdvent, my name there is Leland Bryant Ross.
Haruo aka Leland
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Greek version of Clement
Sorry, this is a little late, but for future reference, the Greek can be found in H.A. Daniel, Thesaurus Hymnologicus (1855), vol. 3, pp. 3-4, or in a Greek edition of Clement's Paedagogus, at the end of the work.
Thanks, Chris
Neither of these works is in my collection, and it amazes me that in a day of Google Books and Project Gutenberg and Unicode Clement's original works are not readily attainable by Google. Guess I'll have to try ILL or visit the local academic libraries. Might not hurt to have this information on the text authority page for the benefit of future clones of me.