# Orationes 135-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/135-4

ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ ἔθους οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ὅτι αὑτούς, εἴπερ ἄρα, ἀφῄρηνται τοῦθʼ ὑπὲρ οὗ μήτε ἔκριναν μήτε ἐβουλεύσαντο. καὶ μὴν ἐκεῖ γε παραμυθίαν τινὰ ἔσχον τὸ τοῦ πράγματος ἴσον καὶ κοινόν, ἁπάντων ὁμοίως ἀφαιρουμένων τὰς ἀτελείας, παρʼ ὑμῖν δὲ ὃς ἂν τύχῃ τῆς εἰκόνος ἀφῄρηται καὶ πολλάκιςὁ βελτίων. ἔτι δὲ ἐκεῖ μὲν οὐχ ἵνα ἄλλος λάβῃ, τὸν ἔχοντα ἀφῃρεῖτο ὁ νόμος· παρʼ ὑμῖν δὲ τούτου χάριν γίγνεται, ὃ τῷ παντὶ λυπρότερόν ἐστι τοῦ μόνον ἀποστερεῖσθαι.

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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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