# Orationes 18-6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/18-6

τί δέ; ὅστις ἀγνοεῖ χρῆσιν κυνῶν, δυνατὸς ἂν εἴη χρῆσθαι; ἢ οὐ τό τινι χρῆσθαι ὠφελεῖσθαί ἐστιν ἀπʼ ἐκείνου;δοκεῖ μοι. οὐδεὶς ἄρα τῶν βλαπτομένων ἀπό τινος χρῆται ἐκείνῳ ὑφʼ οὗ βλάπτεται; οὐ γάρ. οὔκουν καὶ ὁ κυσὶ πειρώμενος χρῆσθαι ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπίστασθαι ζημιώσεται ἀπʼ αὐτῶν; εἰκός γε. οὐκ ἄρα οὐδὲ χρήσεται αὐτοῖς, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔστι χρῆσις ὅπου ζημία πρόσεστι. καὶ οὐ μόνον περὶ κυνῶν καὶ ἵππων ἔχει οὕτως, ἀλλὰ καὶ βοῶν καὶ ὀρέων, καὶὅ μᾶλλον θαυμάσαις ἄν, οὐδὲ ὄνῳ ἢ προβάτῳ χρῆσθαι πάρεστι τοῖς ἀπείροις.

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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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