# Orationes 18-12

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (16)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/18-12

μὴ οὖν αὐτὸν οἴεσθε στρατηγὸν μὲν μὴ ἀγαπᾶν οἷον εἴρηκε, μηδʼ ἐν σώματος μεγέθει καὶ κόμῃ τίθεσθαι τὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ὄφελος, πόλιν δʼ ἂν ἐπαινέσαι ποτὲ εἰς ταῦτα ὁρῶντα, ποταμοὺς καὶ βαλανεῖα καὶ κρήνας καὶ στοὰς καὶ πλῆθος οἰκιῶν καὶ μέγεθος· κόμῃ γὰρ ἀτεχνῶς καὶ βοστρύχοις ταῦτα ἔοικεν· ἀλλʼ ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ μᾶλλον ἂν τούτων προκρῖναι σμικράν τε καὶ ὀλίγην σωφρόνως οἰκουμένην κἂν ἐπὶ πέτρας.

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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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