# Orationes 31-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/31-5

μόνον γοῦν αὐτὸν λῦσαι τὸ αἴνιγμα τῆς Σφιγγός. καὶ ὁ Διογένης γελάσας, Μὴ γάρ, ἔφη, ἐκεῖνος ἔλυσε τὸ αἴνιγμα; οὐκ ἀκήκοας ὅτι ἄνθρωπον αὐτὸν ἐκέλευσε γνῶναι ἡ Σφίγξ; ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπον μὲν ὅ ἐστιν οὔτε εἶπεν οὔτε ἔγνω· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου λέγων ᾤετο λέγειν τὸ ἐρωτώμενον· ὥσπερ εἴ τις ἐρωτηθεὶς τί ἐστι Σωκράτης, ὁ δὲ μηδὲν εἴποι πλέον τοῦ ὀνόματος, ὅτι Σωκράτης. ἐγὼ δὲ ἤκουσά του λέγοντος ὅτι ἡ Σφίγξ ἡ ἀμαθία ἐστίν.

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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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