# Orationes 16-6

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (11)Ὀλυμπικὸς ἢ περὶ τῆς πρώτης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐννοίας. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/16-6

οὐ μέντοι λόγων ἀκούσεσθε ὁποίων ἄλλου τινὸς τῶν νῦν, ἀλλὰ πολὺ φαυλοτέρων καὶ ἀτοπωτέρων, ὁποίους δὴ καὶ ὁρᾶτε. χρὴ δὲ ἐᾶν ὑμᾶς ἔμβραχυ, ὅ,τι ἂν ἐπίῃ μοι, τούτῳ ἕπεσθαι, καὶ μὴ ἀγανακτεῖν, ἐὰν φαίνωμαι πλανώμενος ἐν τοῖς λόγοις, ὥσπερ ἀμέλει καὶ τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον ἔζηκα ἀλώμενος, ἀλλὰ συγγνώμην ἔχειν, ἅτε ἀκούοντας ἀνδρὸς ἰδιώτου καὶ ἀδολέσχου. καὶ γὰρ δὴ τυγχάνω μακράν τινα ὁδὸν τὰ νῦν πεπορευμένος, εὐθὺ τοῦ Ἴστρου καὶ τῆς Γετῶν χώρας ἢ Μυσῶν, ὥς φησιν Όμηρος κατὰ τὴν νῦν ἐπίκλησιν τοῦ ἔθνους.

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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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