# Orationes 157

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/157

καὶ λέγω ταῦτα μὰ τὸν Δία οὐκ ἀπεχθάνεσθαι βουλόμενος ὑμῖν οὐδὲ διασύρων τὴν πόλιν, ἀλλʼ ὅπως μηδὲν ἀνάξιον ἑαυτῆς μηδὲ ἀλλότριον τῆς ἄλλης εὐκοσμίας καὶ τῆς πολιτείας φαίνηται ποιοῦσα. καί μοι δοκεῖ τις ἂν εἰκότως προαχθῆναι διὰ τὴν πρὸσἅπαντας εὔνοιαν τοὺς Ἕλληνας, οὐ μόνον διὰ τὴν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, εἴ τι ἄρα ἐνθάδε ἔχοι μὴ καλῶς, εἰπεῖν καὶ μηνῦσαι. πρότερον μὲν γὰρ ἐκ πολλῶν συνειστήκει τὸ κοινὸν ἀξίωμα καὶ πολλοὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ηὖξον, ὑμεῖς, Ἀθηναῖοι, Λακεδαιμόνιοι, Θηβαῖοι, χρόνον τινὰ Κορίνθιοι, τὸ παλαιὸν Ἀργεῖοι. νυνὶ δὲ τὸ μὲν τῶν ἄλλωνοὐθέν ἐστιν.

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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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