# Orationes 14-10

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/14-10

καίτοι καὶ τὴν ἀσέβειαν εὕροι τις ἂν ἴσως τῷ τοιούτῳ προσοῦσαν· λέγω δὲ οὐ περὶ ὑμῶν οὐδὲ περὶ τῆς πόλεως· οὔτε γὰρ ὑμῖν ποτε ἔδοξεν οὔτε δημοσίᾳ γέγονεν· ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ σκοπῶν κατʼ ἰδίαν τὸ πρᾶγμα. τὰ γὰρ περὶ τοὺς κατοιχομένους γιγνόμενα οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἀσεβήματα κέκληται καὶ τῆς προσηγορίας ταύτης τυγχάνει παρὰ τοῖς νόμοις, εἰς οὓς ἄν ποτε ᾖ. τὸ δʼ εἰς ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς καὶ τῆς πόλεως εὐεργέτας ὑβρίζειν καὶ τὰς τιμὰς αὐτῶν καταλύειν καὶ τὴν μνήμην ἀναιρεῖν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐχ ὁρῶ πῶς ἂν ἄλλως ὀνομάζοιτο· ἐπεὶ καὶ τοὺς ζῶντας εὐεργέτας οἱ ἀδικοῦντες οὐκ ἂν εὐλόγως εἶεν ἀπηλλαγμένοι τοῦδε τοῦ ὀνείδους.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0612.tlg001.local001/.