# Orationes 29-7

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/29-7

εὐμαρῶς ἀπείρων πραγμάτων μνήμας καὶ ἐπινοίας παραλαμβάνοντες. πῶς οὖν ἀγνῶτες εἶναι ἔμελλον καὶ μηδεμίαν ἕξειν ὑπόνοιαν τοῦ σπείραντος καὶ φυτεύσαντος καὶ σῴζοντος καὶ τρέφοντος, πανταχόθεν ἐμπιμπλάμενοιτῆς θείας φύσεως διά τε ὄψεως καὶ ἀκοῆς συμπάσης τε ἀτεχνῶς αἰσθήσεως; νεμόμενοι μὲν ἐπὶ γῆς, ὁρῶντες δʼ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ φῶς,

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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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