Eusebius Book 6, Section 6

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VI. Πάνταινον δὲ Κλήμης διαδεξάμενος, τῆς κατ’ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν κατηχήσεως εἰς ἐκεῖνο τοῦ καιροῦ καθηγεῖτο, ὡς καὶ τὸν Ὠριγένην τῶν φοιτητῶν γενέαθαι αὐτοῦ. τήν γέ τοι τῶν Στρωματέων πραγματείαν ὁ Κλήμης ὑπομνηματιζόμενος, κατὰ τὸ πρῶτον σύγγραμμα χρονικὴν ἐκθέμενος γραφήν, εἰς τὴν Κομόδου τελευτὴν περιγράφει τοὺς χρόνους, ὡς εἶναι σαφὲς ὅτι κατὰ Σευῆρον αὐτῷ πεπόνητο τὰ σπουδάσματα, οὗ τοὺς χρόνους ὁ παρὼν ἱστορεῖ λόγος.

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VI. Pantaenus was succeeded by Clement, who directed the instruction at Alexandria up to that time, so that Origen also became one of his pupils. In fact, Clement, when compiling his Stromateis, in the first book sets forth a chronological table, placing the death of Commodus as the terminus of his dates; so that it is clear that the work had been carried on by him under Severus, whose times this present account is describing.