# Orationes 11-8

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (13)ΕΥΒΟΙΚΟΣ ἢ ΚΥΝΗΓΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/11-8

ζῶμεν δὲ ἀπὸ θήρας ὡς τὸ πολύ, μικρόν τι τῆς γῆς ἐπεργαζόμενοι. τὸ γὰρ χωρίον οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμέτερον, οὔτε πατρῷον οὔτε ἡμεῖς ἐκτησάμεθα, ἀλλὰ ἦσαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐλεύθεροι μέν, πένητες δὲ οὐχ ἧττον ἡμῶν, μισθοῦ βουκόλοι, βοῦς νέμοντες ἀνδρὸς μακαρίου τῶν ἐνθένδε τινὸς ἐκ τῆς νήσου, πολλὰς μὲν ἀγέλας καὶ ἵππων καὶ βοῶν κεκτημένου, πολλὰς δὲ ποίμνας, πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ καλοὺς ἀγρούς, πολλὰ δὲ ἄλλα χρήματα, ξύμπαντα δὲ ταῦτα τὰ ὄρη.

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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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