# Orationes 25-2

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (6)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΔΟΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/25-2

εἰς δὲ τὰς πόλεις συνελθόντας, ὅπως ὑπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν μὴ ἀδικῶνται,τοὐναντίον αὑτοὺς ἀδικεῖν καὶ τὰ δεινότατα πάντα ἐργάζεσθαι, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ξυνεληλυθότας. διὰ ταῦτα δὲ δοκεῖν αὐτῷ καὶ τὸν μῦθον λέγειν ὡς τὸν Προμηθέα κολάζοι ὁ Ζεὺς διὰ τὴν εὕρεσιν καὶ μετάδοσιν τοῦ πυρός, ὡς ἀρχὴν τοῦτο καὶ ἀφορμὴν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις μαλακίας καὶ τρυφῆς. οὐ γὰρ δὴ τὸν Δία μισεῖν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οὐδὲ φθονεῖν αὐτοῖς ἀγαθοῦ τινος.

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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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