# Fragmenta 21-22

Apion Oasita, Fragmenta, 21 to 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/apion-oasita/fragmenta/21

Καταψεύδεται δὲ (sc. Ἀπίων) καὶ ὅρκον ἡμῶν, ὡς ὀμνυόντων τὸν θεὸν τὸν ποιήσαντα τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν θάλασσαν, μηδενὶ εὐνοήσειν ἀλλοφύλῳ, μάλιστα δὲ Ἕλλησιν. Σφόδρα τοίνυν τῆς πολλῆς συνέσεως καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ μέλλοντι ῥηθήσεσθαι θαυμάζειν ἄξιόν ἐστιν Ἀπίωνα. Τεκμήριον γὰρ εἶναί φησι τοῦ μήτε νόμοις ἡκε, τὸ μὴ ἄρχειν, δουλεύειν δὲ μᾶλλον ἔθνεσι καὶ ἄλλοτε ἄλλοις, καὶ τὸ κεχρῆσθαι συμφοραῖς τισι περὶ τὴν πόλιν, αὐτῶν δηλονότι πόλεως ἡγεμονικωτάτης ἐκ τῶν ἄνωθεν ἄρχειν, ἀλλὰ μὴ Ῥωμαίοις δουλεύειν συνειθισμένων.

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APION OASITA, Fragmenta. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1152.tlg005.local002/.