# Orationes 21-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (10)ΤΡΩΙΚΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ τοῦ ΙΛΙΟΝ ΜΗ ΑΛΩΝΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/21-4

οὕτω πάνυ κατεφρόνει τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ οὐθὲν αὐτῷ ἔμελεν, εἰ δόξει μηθὲν λέγειν ἀληθές. οὐ γὰρ δὴ πείσειν γε ἐνόμιζέ τινα ὡς ἐπίσταιτο τοὺς παρὰ τοῖς θεοῖς γενομένους ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ λόγους. διηγεῖται δὲ καὶ τὴν συνουσίαν τὴν τοῦ Διὸς πρὸς τὴν Ἥραν ἐν τῇ Ἴδῃ γενομένην καὶ τοὺς λόγους οὓς εἶπε πρὸ τῆς συνουσίας, ὡς αὐτὸς ἑωρακώς τε καὶ ἀκηκοώς, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτὸν ἐκώλυσεν, ὡς ἔοικε, τὸ νέφος, ὅ περιεκάλυψεν ὁ Ζεὺς τοῦ μὴ φανερὸς γενέσθαι.

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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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