# Orationes 13-7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/13-7

ἐδόκουν δέ μοι πάντες ἄφρονες, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, καὶ οὐδεὶς οὐδὲν ὧν ἔδει πράττειν οὐδὲ σκοπεῖν ὅπως ἀπαλλαγεὶς τῶν παρόντων κακῶν καὶ τῆς πολλῆς ἀμαθίας καὶ ταραχῆς ἐπιεικέστερον καὶ ἄμεινονβιώσεται, κυκώμενοι δὲ καὶ φερόμενοι πάντες ἐν ταὐτῷ καὶ περὶ τὰ αὐτὰ σχεδόν, περί τε χρήματα καὶ δόξας καὶ σωμάτων τινὰς ἡδονάς, οὐδεὶς ἀπαλλαγῆναι τούτων δυνάμενος οὐδὲ ἐλευθερῶσαι τὴν αὑτοῦ ψυχήν· καθάπερ οἶμαι τὰ ἐμπεσόντα εἰς τὰς δίνας εἱλούμενα καὶ περιστρεφόμενα καὶ οὐχ οἷά τε ἀπαλλαγῆναι τῆς δινήσεως.

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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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