# Orationes 27-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (7)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΑΡΕΤΗΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/27-3

τοῦτον δὴ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἐμοὶ καρτεροῦντι καὶπαραβαλλομένῳ πρὸς ἡδονὴν καὶ πόνον οὐδεὶς προσέχει τῶν ἀθλίων ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἀνδραπόδοις τοῖς πηδῶσι καὶ τρέχουσι καὶ χορεύουσιν. οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸν Ἡρακλέα ἑώρων ἀγωνιζόμενον καὶ πονοῦντα, οὐδὲ ἔμελεν αὐτοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τότε ἴσως ἀθλητάς τινας ἐθαύμαζον, Ζήτην καὶ Κάλαϊν καὶ Πηλέα καὶ ἄλλους τοιούτους δρομέας τινὰς καὶ παλαιστάς· καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἐπὶ κάλλει, τοὺς δὲ ἐπὶ πλούτῳ ἐθαύμαζον, καθάπερ Ἰασίωνα καὶ Κινύραν·

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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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