# Orationes 120-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/120-2

τυχὸν δὲ καὶ Ἀθηναῖοι χαλεπανοῦσιν, ἀτιμάζεσθαι νομίζοντες τοὺς σφετέρους ποιητὰς τραγικοὺς καὶ κωμικούς, ὅταν τοὺς ὑπηρέτας αὐτῶν ἀφαιρώμεθα, μηδὲν ἀγαθὸν φάσκοντες ἐπιτηδεύειν. εἰκὸς δὲ ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ Θηβαίους, ὡς τῆς νίκης αὐτῶν ὑβριζομένης, ἣν προεκρίθησαν ὑπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος νικᾶν ἐπʼ αὐλητικῇ·

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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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