{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080548.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080548.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080548.htm","text":"Chapter XL.\u2014Further Information Sought.\nWhen Peter had thus said, I Clement asked Niceta that he would explain to us, for the sake of instruction, some things concerning the allegories of the Gentiles, which he had carefully studied; \u201cfor,\u201d said I, \u201cit is useful that when we dispute with the Gentiles, we should not be unacquainted with these things.\u201d Then said Niceta: \u201cIf my lord Peter permits me, I can do as you ask me.\u201d Then said Peter: \u201cTo-day I have given you leave to speak in opposition to the Gentiles, as you know.\u201d And Niceta said: \u201cTell me then, Clement, what you would have me speak about.\u201d And I said to him: \u201cInform us how the Gentiles represent matters concerning the supper of the gods, which they had at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. 875 What do p. 203 they make of the shepherd Paris, and what of less Juno, Minerva, and Venus, between whom he acted as judge? What of Mercury? and what of the apple, and the other things which follow in order?\u201d\n[Comp. Homily VI. 2, 14, 15, on the supper of the gods.\u2014R.]","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literatu...","type":"page"}