# Orationes 17-6

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (9)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΟΙΚΕΤΩΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/17-6

ταῦτα μὲν ἔασον· ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ διὰ τί με χρῆσθαι οὐκ ἐᾷς; ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀπαγορεύω σοι θεῷ χρῆσθαι, εἰ δύνασαι; οὐ τοῦτο ἔφην, ἀλλʼ ὅτι χαλεπόν ἐστι, μᾶλλον δὲ ἀδύνατον, χρῆσθαι ἢ θεῷ ἢ ἀνθρώπῳ ἢ αὐτὸν αὑτῷ μὴ ἐπιστάμενον· τὸ δὲ ἐπιχειρεῖν ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπίστασθαι πάντων βλαβερώτατον· ἢ ὅστις οἰκ ἔστιν ἔμπειρος ἵππων χρήσεως, δοκεῖ σοι οὗτος χρῆσθαι ἂν ἵπποις; οὐκ ἔμοιγε. εἰ δʼ αὖ βιάζοιτο, κακὸν ἄν τι ἀπολαῦσαι πρότερον ἢ ἀγαθόν; ἀληθῆ.

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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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