# Orationes 12-12

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (17)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/12-12

οὐκοῦν δεινὰ πάσχομεν, ἐρεῖ τις, εἰ τούτοις μὲν ἐξέσται ποιεῖν ὅ, τι ἂν ἐθέλωσι καὶ τοῦτο ἀπολαύσουσι τῆς ἐρημίας τῆς ἑαυτῶν, ἡμεῖς δὲ κινδυνεύσομεν, ἐὰν μόνον κινηθῶμεν. ἔστω δεινὸν καὶ ἄδικον. ἀλλʼ οὐκ, εἴ τι μὴ δίκαιον πέφυκε γίγνεσθαι, δεῖ πρὸς τοῦτο φιλονικοῦντας αὑτοὺς περιβάλλειν ἀτόπῳ τινί, μᾶλλον δὲ προορᾶν καὶ φυλάττεσθαι. τὸ γὰρ συμβαῖνον ὅμοιόν ἐστι τῷ περὶ τοὺς ἀθλητάς, ὅταν ἐλάττων πρὸς πολὺ μείζω μάχηται.

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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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