Cristo canto nuovo in Clemente di Alessandria

The paper examines the use of the Homeric syntagm "winged word" in Clement of Alexandria, particularly in the proemium of his Protrepticus and in his Hymn to the Logos handed down as an appendix to his Pedagogue. in Clement's Christian context, the logos, synonymous with "word", is identified with Christ, the incarnate Logos of God. Christ is thus contrasted with the singers of the classical tradition, and thanks to his redemptive action human beings can become one with the word they sing and with the Word that saves them, raising them like a wing to heaven.