# Orationes 118-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/118-2

τὰ δὲ αὐτῶν τοίχων γλυφαῖς, τὸ μὲν ἄριστον μή παραδέχεσθαι καθόλου τὰς πόλεις, τὸ δὲ ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ παρόντι λόγῳ διορίσαι μηδένα ἂν τοιοῦτον γίγνεσθαι τῶν ἡμετέρων πενήτων, οἷς πρὸς τοὺς πλουσίους ἡμεῖς ἀγωνιζόμεθα ὥσπερ χορῷ τὰ νῦν, οὐχ ὑπὲρ εὐδαιμονίας προκειμένου τοῦ ἀγῶνος· οὐ γὰρ πενίᾳ τοῦτό γε πρόκειται τὸ ἆθλον οὐδὲ αὖ πλούτῳ, μόνης δὲ ἀρετῆς ἐστιν ἐξαίρετον·

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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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