# Orationes 30-9

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (13)ΕΥΒΟΙΚΟΣ ἢ ΚΥΝΗΓΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/30-9

ἐγὼ δὲ ἀκούσας ἐγέλασα ὅσον ἐδυνάμην μέγιστον. τὸ δὲ πλῆθος οὐκέτʼ ἐγέλων, ὥσπερ πρότερον, ἀλλʼ ἐθορύβουν. ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐχαλέπαινε, καὶ δεινὸν ἐμβλέψας εἰς ἐμὲ εἶπεν, ὁρᾶτε τὴν εἰρωνείαν καὶ τὴν ὕβριν τοῦ καθάρματος, ὡς καταγελᾷ πάνυ θρασέως; ὃν ἀπάγειν ὀλίγου δέω καὶ τὸν κοινωνὸν αὐτοῦ — πυνθάνομαι γὰρ δύο εἶναι τοὺς κορυφαίους τῶν κατειληφότων ἅπασαν σχεδὸν τὴν ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι χώραν —

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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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