# Orationes 1-9

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (9)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΟΙΚΕΤΩΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/1-9

ἀπιών ποτε Διογένης ἐκ Κορίνθου Ἀθήναζε συνέβαλε κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἑνὶ τῶν γνωρίμων, καὶ ἤρετο ποῖ ἄπεισιν, οὐχ ὥσπερ οἱ πολλοὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐπερωτῶσιν, ἐπιδεικνύμενοι ὅτι οὐκ ἀμελὲς εἰδέναι αὐτοῖς τὰ περὶ τῶν φίλων, ἔπειτα ἀκούσαντες μόνον ἀπηλλάγησαν· ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ οἱ ἰατροὶ ἀνακρίνουσι τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας ὅ τι μέλλουσι ποιεῖν ἕνεκα τοῦ συμβουλεῦσαι, καὶ τὰ μὲν κελεύουσι, τὰ δὲ ἀπαγορεύουσιν, οὕτως ἀνέκρινεν ὁ Διογένης τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὅ,τι πράττοι;

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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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