# Orationes 139

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (13)ΕΥΒΟΙΚΟΣ ἢ ΚΥΝΗΓΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/139

ἤδη οὖν χρὴ παντὸς μᾶλλον οἴεσθαι τὰσἐν τῷ μέσῳ ταύτας φανερὰς καὶ ἀτίμους μοιχείας καὶ λίαν ἀναισχύντως καὶ ἀνέδην γιγνομένας, ὅτι τῶν ἀδήλων καὶ ἀφανῶν εἰς ἐντίμους γυναῖκάς τε καὶ παῖδας ὕβρεων οὐχ ἥκιστα παρέχουσι τὴν αἰτίαν, τοῦ πάνυ ῥᾳδίως τὰ τοιαῦτα τολμᾶσθαι, τῆς αἰσχύνης ἐν κοινῷ καταφρονουμένης, ἀλλʼ οὐχ, ὥσπερ οἴονταί τινες, ὑπὲρ ἀσφαλείας καὶ ἀποχῆς ἐκείνων εὑρῆσθαι τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων.

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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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