# Orationes 134-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/134-3

καὶ μὴν εἰ δοκεῖ δυσχερὲς τὸ ἀφαιρεῖσθαί τινος ἐξουσίας τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀφαιρεῖσθε τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ φυλάττειν βέβαια τὰ δοθέντα τοῖς λαβοῦσιν. ὅτῳγὰρ ἂν ὑμεῖς δῶτε τὴν τιμήν, οὐκέτʼ ἔστʼ ἐφʼ ὑμῖν τὸ ἐᾶν ἔχειν αὐτόν· ἀλλʼ εἷς ἀνὴρ ἀεὶ τούτου κύριος, ὁ στρατηγῶν. καίτοι χεῖρόν ἐστι τὸ ἔθει μὴ ἐφʼ ὑμῖν εἶναι τοῦ κατὰ νόμον κεκωλυμένου. οἱ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἀφῄρηνται τὴν ἐξουσίαν τούτου τρόπον τινά, ὃ πράττειν ἑαυτοὺς νόμῳ κεκωλύκασιν, ἀλλʼ ἀπέστησαν ἑκόντες διὰ τὸ συμφέρον.

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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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