# Orationes 13-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/13-5

ὡς αὐτὸς Ὅμηρος ἀπήγγειλε ποιήσας, καί με πρεσβυτάτην τέκετο Κρόνος ἀγκυλομήτης, ἔτι δὲ οὕτω χαλεπῶς διατεθῆναι πρὸς τὸν Πάριν, αὐτὴν ἐπιτρέψασαντὴν κρίσιν· καίτοι οὐδὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὃς ἂν ἐπιτρέψῃ δίαιταν, ἐχθρὸν ἡγεῖται τὸν διαιτητήν, ἐὰν μὴ δικάσῃ καθʼ ἑαυτόν· τὴν δέ γε Ἀφροδίτην οὕτως αἰσχρὰν καὶ ἄδικον καὶ ἀσύμφορον δοῦναι δωρεάν, καὶ μηδένα ποιήσασθαι λόγονμήτε τῆς Ἑλένης ἀδελφῆς οὔσης μήτε τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ προκρίναντος αὐτήν, ἀλλὰ χαρίζεσθαιτοιοῦτον γάμον διʼ ὃν αὐτός τε ἔμελλεν ἀπόλλυσθαι καὶ οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ πόλις.

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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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