# Orationes 2-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (6)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΔΟΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/2-3

οὕτως δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς μεταλλάττειν τὴν οἴκησιν κατὰ τὰς ὥρας τοῦ ἔτους. τὴν μὲν γὰρ Ἀττικὴν μήτε ὄρη μεγάλα ἔχειν μήτε ποταμοὺς διαρρέοντας, καθάπερ τήν τε Πελοπόννησον καὶ Θετταλίαν· εἶναι γὰρ τὴν χώραν ἀραιὰν καὶ τὸν ἀέρα κοῦφον, ὡς μήτε ὕεσθαι πολλάκις μήτε ὑπομένειν τὸ γιγνόμενον ὕδωρ, περιέχεσθαί τε ὀλίγου πᾶσαν αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάττης· ὅθεν δὴ καὶ τοὔνομα λαβεῖν, οἷον ἀκτήν τιναοὖσαν· τὴν δὲ αὖ πόλιν ἐν τῷ χθαμαλῷ κεῖσθαι καὶ πρὸς μεσημβρίαν.

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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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