# Orationes 138-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/138-3

ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἀτέλεια τοὺς λαβόντας εὐπορωτέρους ποιεῖ, καὶ οὗτοι μάλιστα ἐπιθυμοῦσιν αὐτῆς οἵτινες ἂν ὦσι περὶ χρήματα ἐσπουδακότες· ἡ δὲ εἰκὼν τὸ σεμνὸν μόνον ἔχει καὶ τὸ τῆς τιμῆς. ὅσῳ δὴ πάντες εἴποιμεν ἂν κρείττους τοὺς προῖκα καὶ δόξης μᾶλλον ἕνεκεν αἱρουμένους εὖ τινας ποιεῖν τῶν ἐπʼ ἀργυρίῳ καὶ διὰ κέρδος, τοσούτῳ φαίην ἂν ἔγωγε οὐ μόνον ἀμείνους ἀνθρώπους ἀδικεῖν τοῦτο τὸ ἔθος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ βελτιόνων ὑμᾶς κωλύειν εὖ πάσχειν ἤπερ ἐκείνους ὁ νόμος.

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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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