Early leader of a new cult, Clement's book is valuable for his descriptions, not found elsewhere, of the rites and practices of pre-adulterated Greek culture.

An early Church Father. His perspective is closer to the Lord but today may seem too strict in some areas and too lenient in others. He would probably condemn the world as it is today. ( )

My opinion, for what it may be worth, is that nobody who claims an interest in Greek literature should fail to read and consider clement's exhortation to the Greeks. You ought to know how it came out.

Protrepticus (προτρεπτικὸς πρὸς Ἕλληνας: Exhortation to the Greeks) is the first in the great trilogy by Clement of Alexandria.
The Protrepticus forms an introduction inviting the reader to listen, not to the mythical legends of the gods, but to the "new song" of the Logos, the beginning of all things and creator of the world. He denounces what he claims to be the folly of idolatry and the pagan mysteries, the role of the erotic in pagan religion, the shamefulness of the pederastic practices of the Greeks, and the horrors of pagan sacrifice, and argues that the Greek philosophers and poets only guessed at the truth, while the prophets set forth a direct way to salvation; and now the divine Logos speaks in his own person, to awaken all that is good in the soul of man and to lead it to immortality.

Besides the great trilogy, Clement's only other extant work is the treatise Salvation for the rich. Having begun with a scathing criticism of the corrupting effects of money and misguided servile attitudes towards the wealthy, Clement discusses the implications of Mark 10:25.[71] The rich are either unconvinced by the promise of eternal life, or unaware of the conflict between the possession of material and spiritual wealth, and the good Christian has a duty to guide them towards a better life through the Gospel.[71] Jesus' words are not to be taken literally – we should seek the supercelestial [ὑπερουράνιος] meaning in which the true route to salvation is revealed.[72] The holding of material wealth in itself is not a wrong, as long as it is used charitably, but men should be careful not to let their wealth dominate their spirit. It is more important to give up sinful passions than external wealth. If the rich man is to be saved, all he must do is to follow the two commandments, and while material wealth is of no value to God, it can be used to alleviate the suffering of our neighbor.[73]