# Orationes 21-10

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/21-10

ἵνα γὰρ τὴν βουλὴν ἀφῶ καὶ τὸν δῆμον τούς τε νέους καὶ τοὺς γέροντας, ἐστὶ πλῆθος οὐκ ὀλίγον ὥσπερ ἔξωθεν τῆς πολιτείας· τούτους δὲ εἰώθασιν ἔνιοι λινουργοὺς καλεῖν· καὶ ποτὲ μὲν βαρύνονται καί φασιν ὄχλον εἶναι περισσὸν καὶ τοῦ θορύβου καὶ τῆς ἀταξίας αἴτιον, πάλιν δὲ μέρος ἡγοῦνται τῆς πόλεως καὶ πολλοῦ ἀξιοῦσιν. οὓς εἰ μὲν οἴεσθε βλάπτειν ὑμᾶς καὶ στάσεως ἄρχειν καὶ ταραχῆς, ὅλως ἐχρῆν ἀπελάσαι καὶ μὴ παραδέχεσθαι ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις· εἰ δὲ τρόπον τινὰ πολίτας εἶναι τῷ μὴ μόνον οἰκεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ γεγονέναι τοὺς πλείους ἐνθάδε καὶ μηδεμίαν ἄλλην ἐπίστασθαι πόλιν, οὐδὲ ἀτιμάζειν δήπου προσήκει οὐδὲ ἀπορρηγνύειν αὑτῶν.

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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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