# Orationes 151-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/151-2

καίτοι φαίη τις ἄν, εἰ καὶ παρὰ τῶν βασιλέων ἀνῃροῦντο, μηδὲ οὕτως ἀδικεῖσθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας. οὐ γὰρ ὡς δώσοντες ἑτέροις, ἀλλὰ κόσμου δεόμενοι μετέφερον, ὥστʼ οὐδεὶς ἂν αὐτῶν ἀφῄρει τὸ ὄνομα, οὐδʼ αὖ χεῖρονἀπήλλαττον ἀντὶ Μεγάρων καὶ Ἐπιδαύρου καὶ τῆς Ἀνδρίων ἢ Μυκονίων ἀγορᾶς ἐν τοῖς Ῥωμαίων ἱεροῖς ἀνακείμενοι. κἂν ταῦτʼ ἀφῇ τις, βέλτιον ἦν τό γε καθʼ ὑμᾶς οὕτως αὐτῶν ἠφανίσθαι τὰς τιμάς. οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑπῆρχεν ἁμάρτημα ὑμέτερον, οὐδʼ αὐτοὶ τοὺς εὐεργέτας ἂν τοὺς ἑαυτῶν ἠδικεῖτε καὶ τοὺς ἥρωας, ἀλλʼ,εἴπερ ἄρα, συνηδικεῖσθε αὐτοῖς.

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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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