# Orationes 22-10

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/22-10

νυνὶ δὲ ἐξ ἀνάγκης ἀφεστᾶσι τὴν γνώμην τοῦ κοινῇ συμφέροντος, ὀνειδιζόμενοι καὶ δοκοῦντες ἀλλότριοι. τούτου δὲ οὐθέν ἐστι βλαβερώτερον ταῖς πόλεσιν οὐδὲ ὃ μᾶλλον στάσιν ἐγείρει καὶ διαφοράν, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν σωμάτωνὁ προσγενόμενος ὄγκος, ἂν μὲν οἰκεῖος ᾖ τῷ λοιπῷ σώματι καὶ συμφυής, εὐεξίαν ποιεῖ καὶ μέγεθος· εἰ δὲ μή, νόσου καὶ διαφθορᾶς αἴτιος γίγνεται.

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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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