# Orationes 31-11

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/31-11

ʽτ̔ί οὖν ἁμαρτάνομεν ἡμεῖς;ʼ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἐῶ. γελοῖον γάρ, εἴ τις πρὸς τὸν ὅλως οὐκ ἐπιστάμενον κιθαρίζειν, ἔπειτα ὡς ἔτυχε κρούοντα, ἐπιχειροῖ λέγειν ὅ,τι ἥμαρτεν ἢ τίνα φθόγγον παρέβη. τοσοῦτον δὲ μόνον εἰπεῖν ἄξιον, ὃ μηδεὶς ἂν ἀρνήσαιτο. φημὶ δὴ θαυμαστόν τι πάθος ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ πεπονθέναι πολλούς, ὃ παρʼ ἄλλοις τισὶ πρότερον ἤκουον μᾶλλον ἢ παρʼ ὑμῖν γιγνόμενον.

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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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