# Orationes 27-8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/27-8

τὸ μὲν δὴ τῆς δαπάνης οἷόν ἐστιν ὄψεσθε μετὰ μικρόν· τὸ δὲ μεγίστην εἶναι τῶν τιμῶν, ἣν ἀφαιροῦνται τοὺς εἰληφότας πρότερον ἐκ τούτων ὡμολόγηται. καὶ μὴν ἀτόπου γε ὄντος τοῦ τινα παρεῖναι τῶν ἀξίων τιμῆσκαὶ μηδεμίαν παρασχεῖν ἀμοιβὴν τῆς εὐεργεσίας, ὡς πάντων μάλιστα ἀνάγκη τούτοις ὁμολογεῖν, οἳ καὶ τὸ μετριώτερον τιμῆσαί τινα τῆς ἀξίας δεινὸν οἴονται, τὸ τιμήσαντας, ἔπειτα δʼ οὐδὲν αἰτιωμένους ἀφαιρεῖσθαι τὰ δοθέντα πῶς οὐχ ὑπερβολὴν ἀδικίας ἔχει; τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀχαριστεῖν ἐστι τοῖς εὐεργέταις, τὸ δὲ ὑβρίζεινεἰς αὐτούς, καὶ τὸ μέν ἐστι μὴ τιμᾶν τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἄνδρας, τὸ δὲ ἀτιμάζειν.

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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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