# Orationes 136-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/136-2

σχεδὸν δὲ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐπίσταται τοῦτο καὶ αἰνίττεται, φήσας τὸν Μενέλαον μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν εἰς τὸ Ἠλύσιον πεδίον πεμφθῆναι, ὅπου μήτε νιφετὸς γίγνεται μήτε χειμών, ἀλλʼ αἰθρία δι’ ἔτους καὶ πρᾷος ἀήρ· ὁ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῆς Αἰγύπτου τόπος τοιοῦτός ἐστιν. δοκοῦσι δέ μοι καὶ τῶν ὕστερον ποιητῶν τινες ὑποπτεῦσαιτὰ πράγματα. τὴν γὰρ Ἑλένην ἐπιβουλευθῆναι μὲν ὑπὸ Ὀρέστου λέγει τις τῶν τραγῳδοποιῶν εὐθὺς ἐλθοῦσαν, γενέσθαι δὲ ἀφανῆ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐπιφανέντων. τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἐποίησεν, εἰ ἐφαίνετο ἡ Ἑλένη κατοικήσασα ὕστερον ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι καὶ τῷ Μενελάῳ συνοῦσα.

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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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