# Orationes 24-8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/24-8

εἰ δέ τις τὴν μεγίστην ἀνέλοι, φυγὴν ἢ θάνατον, τά γε ἐλάττω τῶν ἐπιτιμίων λοιπὸν ἀνάγκη μηδὲ γεγράφθαι δοκεῖν. ὥσπερ οὖν οἱ παραχαράττοντες τὸ νόμισμα, κἂν μέρος λυμήνωνται, τὸ σύμπαν διεφθαρκέναι δοκοῦσιν ὑπαίτιον ποιήσαντες, ὁμοίως οἱ τῶν τιμῶν τινας ἢ τῶν τιμωριῶν ἀναιροῦντες ὅλον τὸ πρᾶγμα καταλύουσι καὶ τοῦ μηδενὸς ἄξιον δεικνύουσι.

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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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