# Orationes 19-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/19-5

ἢ οὐκ οἶσθα τοὺς μέν τινας ὠφελημένους, τοὺς δὲ καὶ βεβλαμμένους ἀπό τε προβατείας καὶ ὀνηλασίας; ἔγωγε. πότερον δι’ ἄλλο τι ἢ διότι ἀνάγκη τοὺς μὲν ἀπείρους ζημιοῦσθαι, τοὺς δὲ εἰδότας ὀνίνασθαι καὶ ἀπὸ ὄνων καὶ ἀπὸ συῶν καὶ ἀπὸχηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ ἄλλου ζῴου παντός; ἔοικε. τί δέ; οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῖς σκεύεσιν ὁ αὐτὸς λόγος; ἀλλὰ κιθάρᾳ χρήσαιτο ἂν ὁ ἄμουσος, ἢ ἐπιχειρῶν οὐκ ἂν εἴη καταγέλαστος, πρὸς τῷ μηδὲν ἐργάζεσθαι καὶ τὴν κιθάραν διαφθείρων καὶ ἀπορρηγνὺς τοὺς φθόγγους; τί δέ;

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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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