# Orationes 14-6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/14-6

ἔτι δὲ οὐκ ἄξιον οἶμαι παριδεῖν οὐδὲ τὸ τῆς Ἑλένης, ἣ τοῦ Διὸς λεγομένη θυγάτηρ διὰ μὲν τὴν ἄδικον φήμην περιβόητος ἐπʼ αἰσχύνῃ γέγονε, διὰ δὲ τὴν αὑτῆς ἰσχὺν θεὸς ἐνομίσθη παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν. ἀλλʼ ὅμως ὑπὲρ τηλικούτων ὄντοστοῦ λόγου τινὲς τῶν σοφιστῶν ἀσεβεῖν με φήσουσιν Ὁμήρῳ ἀντιλέγοντα καὶ ἐπιχειρήσουσι διαβάλλειν πρὸς τὰ δύστηνα μειράκια, ὧν ἐμοὶ ἐλάττων λόγος ἐστὶν ἢ πιθήκων.

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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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