# Orationes 17-11

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/17-11

τὸ γὰρ προκαλούμενον ἕκαστον καὶ κινδύνων καταφρονεῖν καὶ πόνους ὑπομένειν καὶ τὸν μεθʼ ἡδονῆς καὶ ῥᾳθυμίας ὑπερορᾶν βίον οὐκ ἂν ἄλλο τις εὕροι παρά γε τοῖς πλείοσι. τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ποιοῦν ἐν ταῖς μάχαις τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἄνδρας ἔμπροσθεν εὑρίσκεσθαι τετρωμένους καὶ μὴ μεταστραφέντας οἴχεσθαι, πολλάκις ἑτοίμου τῆς σωτηρίας ἀποκειμένης. διὰ τοῦτό φησιν ὁ ποιητὴς τὸν Ἀχιλλέα μὴ θελῆσαι γηράσαντα ἀποθανεῖν οἴκοι, καὶ τὸν Ἕκτορα μόνον στῆναι πρὸ τῆς πόλεως, εἰ δέοι, πᾶσι μαχούμενον.

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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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