# Orationes 117-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/117-4

ἐγὼ δʼ εἰ μέν τις ἢ τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐπιτιμῶν λέγει ταῦτα, καὶ δεικνὺς οὐκ ὄντας ἀξίους τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας τῆς πόλεως οὐδὲ τῆς δόξης, ἣν οἱ πρότερον γενόμενοι κατέλιπον, ἢ καθόλου τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐλεῶν εἰς ὃ πέπτωκεν, ὅταν τοιαῦτα πράττωσιν οἱ χρόνον τινὰ δόξαντες αὐτῆς προεστάναι, καλῶς αὐτὸν ἡγοῦμαι λέγειν· εἰ δʼ ὅτι προσήκει μηδʼ ὑμᾶς μηδὲν μέγα φρονεῖν μηδʼ ἐκείνων κρεῖττον, οὐκ ἔχω τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἀναισθησίας εἰπεῖν τοῦ ταῦτα λέγοντος.

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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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