# Orationes 116-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/116-2

εἰ γάρ τοι δέοι μὴ ὀνομάζοντας τὸ πρᾶγμα, ὅ ψέγουσι, τὰ καθʼ ἡμέραν συμβαίνοντα διʼ αὐτὸ βλασφημεῖν προφέροντας, πολὺ πλείω ἂν ἔχοιεν καὶ τῷ ὄντι αἰσχρὰ διὰ πλοῦτον γιγνόμενα, οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ τὸ παρὰ τῷ Ἡσιόδῳ κεκριμένον ἐπονείδιστον προφέρειν, τὸ τῆς ἀργίας, λέγοντες, ὅτι σε, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, οὔτε σκαπτῆρα θεοὶ θέσαν οὔτʼ ἀροτῆρα, καὶ ὅτι ἄλλως τὰς χεῖρας ἔχεις κατὰ τοὺς μνηστῆρας ἀτρίπτους καὶ ἁπαλάς.

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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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