# Orationes 117-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/117-3

οὐκοῦν τόδε μὲν οἶμαι παντί τῳ δῆλον καὶ πολλάκις λεγόμενον ἴσως ὅτι βαφεῖς μὲν καὶ μυρεψοὺς σὺν κουρικῇ γυναικῶν τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν, οὐ πολύ τι διαφερούσαις τὰ νῦν, καὶ ποικιλτικῇ πάσῃ σχεδὸν οὐκ ἐσθῆτος μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τριχῶν καὶ χρωτός, ἐγχούσῃ καὶ ψιμυθίῳ καὶ πᾶσι φαρμάκοις μηχανωμένῃ ὥρας ψευδεῖς καὶ νόθα εἴδωλα, ἔτι δὲ ἐν οἰκιῶν ὀροφαῖς καὶ τοίχοις καὶ ἐδάφει τὰ μὲν χρώμασι, τὰ δὲ λίθοις, τὰ δὲ χρυσῷ, τὰ δʼ ἐλέφαντι ποικιλλόντων,

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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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