# Orationes 22-7

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/22-7

ἅπασι γάρ ἐστι περὶ πολλοῦ τὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς σύμβολα, καὶ οὐδεὶς αἱρεῖται τῶν πολλῶν, ὅ,τι ἂν οἴηται καλὸν αὑτῷ πεπρᾶχθαι, μηδένα δὲ εἰδέναι. πρὸς τοῦ Διός, ἆρα ἀγνοεῖτε τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον οὐκ ἐκείνους μόνον ἀτίμους ποιοῦν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἔρημον τῶν εὐνοησόντων καὶ προθυμησομένων ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς; μηδὲ γὰρ ἐκεῖνο εἰσέλθῃ μηδένα ὑμῶν ὅτι εἴπερ ἄρα μίαν τιμὴν καταλύσετε τὴν τῶν εἰκόνων, αἱ λοιπαὶ δέ εἰσιν ἀναφαίρετοι. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ οἱ τὴν μεγίστην ἀναιροῦντες καὶ ἧς μάλιστα ἕκαστος ἐπιθυμεῖ τυγχάνειν ὁμολογοῦσι δήπουθεν ἐκ τοῦ πλείονος μέρους τὴν πόλιν βλάπτειν, εἴ γέ φασι βλαβερὸν εἶναι τὸ πάσας αὐτὰς καταλελύσθαι.

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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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