# Orationes 141-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/141-3

λέγω δʼ οἷον εὐθὺς τοῦτό φασι τὴν ἀρχὴν λαβεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν συντετριμμένων καὶ οὐδὲ ἐφεστώτων ἔτι ταῖς βάσεσι· τούτοις γὰρ ἀποχρῆσθαι τοὺς στρατηγοὺς ἐπισκευάζοντας καὶ τρόπον τινὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ποιοῦντας ἑτέρους, εἶθʼ, ὅπερ λοιπόν, τοὺς ὑγιεῖς μέν, οὐκ ἔχοντας δὲ ἐπιγραφάς, ἐπιγράφεσθαι· καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν ἤδη καὶ τῶν ἐπιγεγραμμένων τινὰς τῶν σφόδρα παλαιῶν· ἔστω γὰρ ὃ λέγουσιν ἀληθές· εἰς ὕστερον ἀνάγκη μηδεμίαν εἶναι διάκρισιν· καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων οὕτως ἔχει, δαπάνης, ἀκοσμίας, τρυφῆς·

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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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