# Orationes 24-10

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (16)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/24-10

εἰ γὰρ ταῦτα δύναται ποιεῖν ἀνθρώπους μακαρίους, ποταμὸς ἢ κρᾶσις ἀέρος ἢ τόπος γῆς ἢ καὶ θαλάττης ἢ ναὸς ἢ τεῖχος, οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ὅσων λείπεσθε. Βυζαντίους ἐκείνους ἀκούετε παρʼ αὐτὸνοἰκοῦντας τὸν Πόντον, μικρὸν ἔξω τοῦ στόματος, αὐτομάτων ἰχθύων αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκπιπτόντων ἐνίοτε· ἀλλʼ ὅμως οὐδεὶς ἂν εἴποι διὰ τὸν ἰχθῦν εὐδαίμονας Βυζαντίους, εἰ μὴ καὶ τοὺς λάρους, οὐδὲ Αἰγυπτίους διὰ τὸν Νεῖλον οὐδὲ Βαβυλωνίους διὰ τὸ τεῖχος.

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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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