# Orationes 21-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/21-3

καὶ πότερον ἄμεινον, εἶπεν, ἀκούοντα ὧν χρὴ καταδῦσαι τὸν ἥλιον ἢ βαδίζοντα μάτην; ὁμοίως δʼ ἐπὶ πάντων σχεδὸν ὅσων ἄπεστιν ἐμπειρία τοῦ χρῆσθαι χαλεπὸν τὸ προθυμεῖσθαι, μείζω δὲ τὴν βλάβην γενέσθαι εἰκὸς ἀπὸ τῶν μειζόνων. ἦ οὖν δοκεῖ σοι ὁμοία εἶναι ἡ ὄνου χρῆσις τῇ ἵππου; πόθεν; τί δέ; ἡ ἀνθρώπου τῇ θεοῦ; ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ λέγειν ἄξιον, ἔφη, ὦ Διόγενες. ἔστιν οὖν ὃς αὑτῷ χρῆσθαι δύναται, οὐ γιγνώσκων αὑτόν; καὶ πῶς; εἶπεν. ὁ γὰρ ἄνθρωπον ἀγνοῶν ἀδύνατος ἀνθρώπῳ χρῆσθαι. ἀδύνατος γάρ. ὁ δὴ αὑτὸν ἀγνοῶν οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι αὑτῷ χρῆσθαι; δοκεῖ μοι.

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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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