# Orationes 10-6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/10-6

τὸ δὲ πάντων γελοιότατον· ἐνίοτε ἀποροῦσι διακόνων μᾶλλον τῶν πενήτων τε καὶ οὐκ ἐχόντων οὐδένα οἰκέτην. καὶ ἔστι τὸ πρᾶγμα ὅμοιον τοῖς ἰούλοις· οἶμαι γάρ σε εἰδέναι· καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι μυρίους πόδας ἔχοντες βραδύτατοί εἰσι τῶν ἑρπετῶν. οὐκ οἶσθα ὅτι τὸ σῶμα ἡ φύσις ἑκάστῳ ἐποίησεν ἱκανὸν εἶναι πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θεραπείαν; πόδας μέν, ὥστε ἀπιέναι, χεῖρας δέ, ὥστε ἐργάζεσθαι καὶ τοῦ ἄλλου σώματος ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ὀφθαλμοὺς δέ, ὥστε ὁρᾶν, ὦτα δέ, ὥστε ἀκούειν.

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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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