# Orationes 1-18

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (35)ἐν ΚΕΛΑΙΝΑΙΣ τῆς ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/1-18

οὐκ ἐπιδειξόμενος ὑμῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες, παρῆλθον οὐδὲ ἀργυρίου παρʼ ὑμῶν δεόμενος οὐδʼ ἔπαινον προσδεχόμενος. ἐπίσταμαι γὰρ οὔτε αὐτὸς ἱκανῶς παρεσκευασμένος, ὥστε ὑμῖν ἀρέσαι λέγων, οὔτε ὑμᾶς οὕτως ἔχοντας, ὥστε προσδεῖσθαι τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων. πλεῖστον δὲ τὸ μεταξὺ τῆς ὑμετέρας βουλήσεως καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς δυνάμεως. ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ἁπλῶς πέφυκα καὶ φαύλως διαλέγεσθαι καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄμεινον τῶν τυχόντων· ὑμεῖς δὲ θαυμαστῶς καὶ περιττῶς ἐπιθυμεῖτε ἀκούειν καὶ μόνων ἀνέχεσθε τῶν πάνυ δεινῶν.

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Dio Chrysostom, Orationes, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. 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.
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