# Orationes 29-12

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (16)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/29-12

ὑμεῖς δέ, ἂν μὲν ἐκ τύχης ὁ ποταμὸς μεταβάλῃ καὶ ῥυῇ θολερώτερος, ἄχθεσθε καὶ πρὸς τοὺς πρῶτον ἐπιδημήσαντας αἰτίαν λέγετε· τὸν δὲ τρόπον τῆς πόλεως μεταβάλλοντα ὁρῶντες καὶ χείρω γιγνόμενον καὶ τεταραγμένον ἀεὶ μᾶλλον οὐ φροντίζετε. ἀλλὰ ὕδωρ μὲν οὐ μόνον πίνειν βούλεσθε καθαρόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁρᾶν·

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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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