# Orationes 28-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (9)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΟΙΚΕΤΩΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/28-4

ἐγὼ μὲν γὰροἶμαί σε μηδὲν δεήσεσθαι μαντείας νοῦν ἔχοντα. καὶ γὰρ δὴ ὅρα, ἐάν σε κελεύσῃ γράφειν καὶ ἀναγιγνώσκειν ὀρθῶς μὴ γραμματικὸν ὄντα, οὐ δυνήσῃ. γράμματα δὲ εἰδώς, καὶ μὴ τοῦ θεοῦ κελεύοντος κατὰ τρόπον γράψεις καὶ ἀναγνώσῃ. ὁμοίως δὲ ἄλλο ὁτιοῦν πράττειν, ἐὰν συμβουλεύσῃ σοι μὴ ἐπισταμένῳ, οὐχ οἷός τε ἔσει. καὶζῆν ὀρθῶς οὐ δυνήσῃ μὴ ἐπιστάμενος, οὐδʼ ἂν κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ἑκάστην τὸν Ἀπόλλω ἐνοχλῇς καὶ σοὶ μόνῳ σχολάζῃ. νοῦν δὲ ἔχωνς γνώσῃ ἀπὸ σεαυτοῦ ὅ, τι σοι πρακτέον ἐστὶ καὶ ὅπως.

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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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