# Orationes 161

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/161

καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἴσως πλείω τῶν εἰκότων ἐπῆλθέ μοι μνησθέντι τῆς ὅλης καταστάσεως. ἐκεῖνο δʼ ὑμῖν ἐβουλόμην ποιῆσαι φανερόν, ὅτι μόνοι καταλείπεσθε τῶν Ἑλλήνων, οἷς ἂν καὶ παραινέσαι τις καὶ περὶ ὧν ἔστιν ἔτι λυπηθῆναι δοκούντων ἁμαρτάνειν. εἰκότως ἂν οὖν πρόσχοιτε αὑτοῖς καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐξετάζοιτε ἀκριβέστερον τῶν προγόνων. ἐκείνοις μὲν γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖς ὑπῆρχεν ἑτέροις ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπίδειξις, ἐν τῷ προεστάναι τῶν ἄλλων, ἐν τῷ βοηθεῖν τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις, ἐν τῷ συμμάχους κτᾶσθαι, πόλεις οἰκίζειν, νικᾶν πολεμοῦντας·

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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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