# Orationes 12-7

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (12)ἐν ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ περὶ ΦΥΓΗΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/12-7

τυχὸν δέ τι καὶ ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς φήμης συνέβη μοι. πολλοὶ γὰρ ἠρώτων προσιόντες ὅ, τι μοι φαίνοιτο ἀγαθὸν ἢ κακόν· ὥστε ἠναγκαζόμην φροντίζειν ὑπὲρ τούτων, ἵνα ἔχοιμι ἀποκρίνεσθαι τοῖς ἐρωτῶσιν. πάλιν δὲ ἐκέλευον λέγειν καταστάντα εἰς τὸ κοινόν. οὐκοῦν καὶτοῦτο ἀναγκαῖον ἐγίγνετο λέγειν περὶ τῶν προσηκόντων τοῖς ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἀφʼ ὧν ἔμελλον ὀνίνασθαι τὰ ἐμοὶ φαινόμενα.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0612.tlg001.local001/.