# Orationes 12-5

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (10)ΤΡΩΙΚΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ τοῦ ΙΛΙΟΝ ΜΗ ΑΛΩΝΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/12-5

δεινὸν γὰρ τὴν μὲν τῷ Διὶ συνοῦσαν μὴ νομίσαι αὐτὸν κριτὴν ἱκανὸν τοῦ αὑτῆς εἴδους, εἰ μὴἀρέσει καὶ τῶν ἐν Ἴδῃ βουκόλων ἑνί, τὴν δὲ ἀρχὴν ὑπὲρ κάλλους ἐρίζειν τῇ Ἀφροδίτῃ, πρεσβυτάτην φάσκουσαν εἶναι τῶν Κρόνου παίδων,

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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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