# Orationes 13-11

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (16)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/13-11

ὥσθʼ ὁ λοιδορεῖν ἱκανὸς καὶ καθάπτεσθαι καὶ φανερὰ τῷ λόγῳ ποιεῖν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα δῆλον ὅτι κρείττων ἐστὶ καὶ προκέκριται τῶν ἐπαινούντων. εἰ δʼ ἄρα ὑμεῖς ἐπαινούμενοι μᾶλλον ἥδεσθε, ἐπʼ ἄλλους ὑμῖν ἰτέον. ὅταν οὖν πρῶτον αὑτόν τινα ἴδητε κολακεύοντα ἐν ἅπασιν οἷς ποιεῖ καὶ χαριζόμενον ἐν τροφαῖς, ἐν ἐσθῆσι, καὶ περιιόντα ἀκόλαστον, τοῦτον οἴεσθε κολακεύσειν καὶ ὑμᾶς καὶ παρὰ τούτου προσδοκᾶτε λόγον ἡδύν, ὃν ὑμεῖς ἔπαινον ὀνομάζετε, τρυφῶντα δὴ παρὰ τρυφῶντος.

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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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