# Orationes 159

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/159

ὥσπερ οὖν οἰκίας ἠρημωμένης εὐδαίμονος καὶ μεγάλης, ὅταν εἷς ἔτι λοιπὸς ᾖ διάδοχος, ἐν ἐκείνῳπάντα ἐστί, κἂν οὗτος ἁμαρτάνῃ τι καὶ ἀκούῃ κακῶς, τὴν ὅλην δόξαν ἀφανίζει τῆς οἰκίας καὶ πάντας καταισχύνει τοὺς πρότερον· οὕτως τὰ ὑμέτερα νῦν ἔχει πρὸς τὴν Ἑλλάδα. μὴ γὰρ οἴεσθε πρωτεύειν αὐτῆς, ἄνδρες Ῥόδιοι, μὴ οἴεσθε. τῶν γὰρ ζώντων ἔτι καὶ τῶν αἰσθανομένων τιμῆς ἢ ἀδοξίας ἔστι πρώτους εἶναι. τὰ δὲ ἐκείνης οἴχεται καὶ πάντα τρόπον αἰσχρῶς καὶ ἐλεεινῶς διέφθαρται· καὶ οὐδὲ ἐπινοῆσαι λοιπὸν ἔστι τὴν ὑπεροχὴν καὶ τὴν λαμπρότητα τῶν πόλεων εἴς γε τοὺς ἄνδρας ὁρῶντα.

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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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