# Orationes 18-13

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (17)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/18-13

καὶ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ἀναρμόστοις ὀργάνοις ἐνίοτε οἱ φθόγγοι συνεφώνησαν πρὸς ὀλίγον, εἶτα εὐθὺς ἀπᾴδουσιν. ὥσπερ οὖν τὸ μὲν τρῶσαί τι καὶ διελεῖν ταχὺ γίγνεται καὶ πάνυ ῥᾳδίως, τὸ δὲ συμφῦσαι καὶ συναγαγεῖν χρόνου δεῖται καὶ προσοχῆς, οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πόλεων ἔχει. τὸ μὲν διενεχθῆναι καὶ στασιάσαι πρόχειρον καὶ διὰ μικρὰ συμβαίνει πολλάκις, τὸ δὲ καταστῆναι καὶ τὴν προσήκουσαν λαβεῖν διάθεσιν καὶ πίστιν μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπόντας οὐδὲ δόξαντας μετανοεῖν εὐθὺς ἔχειν.

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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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