# Orationes 140-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/140-2

τάχʼ οὖν λέγοι τις ἂν ἀγροικότερον οὕτω πως· ὦ σοφοὶ νομοθέται καὶ ἄρχοντες οἱ παραδεξάμενοι τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, ὡς δή τι θαυμαστὸν εὑρηκότες ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑμεῖς σωφροσύνης φάρμακον, ὅπως ὑμῖν μὴ τὰ φανερὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἄκλειστα οἰκήματα τὰς κεκλειμένασοἰκίας καὶ τοὺς ἔνδοθεν θαλάμους ἀναπετάσῃ, καὶ τοὺς ἔξω καὶ φανερῶς ἀσελγαίνοντας ἀπὸ μικρᾶς δαπάνης ἐπὶ τὰς ἐλευθέρας καὶ σεμνὰς τρέψῃ γυναῖκας μετὰ πολλῶν χρημάτων τε καὶ δώρων, τὸ σφόδρα εὔωνον καὶ μετʼ ἐξουσίας οὐκέτι στέργοντας, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ δὴ τὸ κεκωλυμένον ἐν φόβῳ τε καὶ πολλοῖς ἀναλώμασι διώκοντας.

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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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