# Orationes 115-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/115-3

νὴ Δίʼ, ἀλλʼ αἰσχρόν, εἰ τοσαύτην στενοχωρίαν ὁμολογήσομεν, καὶ Ῥοδίων οὐκ ἄξιον. καὶ τίς οὐκ ἂν εὖ φρονῶν ἕλοιτο πένης δοκεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ πονηρός; ἢ τὸ νυνὶ γιγνόμενον ἧττονὑμῖν δοκεῖ τινος αἰσχρὸν εἶναι, τὸ τοὺς ἀνδριάντας ὑμῶν δύνασθαί τινα διηγεῖσθαι, καθάπερ τὰς οἰκίας, ὅτι πρότερον μὲν ἦν αὕτη τοῦ δεῖνος, νῦν δὲ τοῦ δεῖνος γέγονεν, ἂν δʼ οὗτος τελευτήσῃ, πάλιν ἔσται τοῦ κληρονομήσαντος ἢ τοῦ πριαμένου; καίτοι τὴν εἰκόνα οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδενὶ δικαίῳ μεταθεῖναι, καθάπερ τὴν οἰκίαν.

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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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