# Orationes 123

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (4)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ δ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/123

εἰ δέ τῳ οὐ φίλον πτηνὸν αὐτὸν διανοεῖσθαι καὶ ποιεῖν, ὁ δὲ ἀφομοιούτω αὐτὸν τῇ τοῦ Ἰξίονος χαλεπῇ καὶ βιαίῳ φορᾷ τε καὶἀνάγκῃ, τροχοῦ τινος ῥύμῃ κύκλῳ κινουμένου τε καὶ φερομένου. οὐ γὰρ ἀπεοικὸς οὐδὲ μακρὰν δὴ τῶν σοφῶν τε καὶ κομψῶν εἰκασμάτων εἴη ἂν ὁ τροχὸς δόξῃ παραβαλλόμενος, τῇ τε κινήσει καὶ μεταβολῇ πάνυ ῥᾳδίως περιθέων, ἐν δὲ τῇ περιφορᾷ παντοῖα σχήματα τὴν ψυχὴν ἀναγκάζων λαμβάνειν μᾶλλον ἢ ὁ τῶν κεραμέων τὰ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ πλαττόμενα.

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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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