# Orationes 25-5

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (11)Ὀλυμπικὸς ἢ περὶ τῆς πρώτης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐννοίας. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/25-5

ὑπολαβόντες οὖν εἴπατε πότερον ἁρμόζων ὁ λόγος οὗτος καὶ τὸ ᾆσμα τῇ συνόδῳ γένοιτʼ ἄν, ὦ παῖδες Ἠλείων· ὑμεῖς γὰρ ἄρχοντες καὶ ἡγεμόνες τῆσδε τῆς πανηγύρεως, ἔφοροί τε καὶ ἐπίσκοποι τῶν ἐνθάδε ἔργων καὶ λόγων· ἢ δεῖ θεατὰς εἶναι μόνον τοὺς ἐνθάδε ἥκοντας τῶν τε ἄλλων δῆλον ὅτι παγκάλων καὶ σφόδρα ἐνδόξων θεαμάτων καὶ δὴ μάλιστα τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ ὄντι μακαρίας εἰκόνος, ἣν ὑμῶν οἱ πρόγονοι δαπάνης τε ὑπερβολῇ καὶ τέχνης ἐπιτυχόντες τῆς ἄκρας εἰργάσαντο καὶ ἀνέθεσαν πάντων, ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐπὶ γῆς ἀγάλματα, κάλλιστον καὶ θεοφιλέστατον, πρὸς τὴν Ὁμηρικὴν ποίησιν, ὥς φασι, Φειδίου παραβαλλομένου,

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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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