# Orationes 31-6

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/31-6

σχεδὸν γὰρ ἂν ταύτην δικαιότερον λέγοιμεν πρώτην τροφὴν τοῖς τε πρότερον καὶ τοῖς ὕστερον ἁπλῶς. ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ἐκπέσῃ τῆς γαστρὸς νωθρὸν ἔτι καὶ ἀδρανὲς τὸ βρέφος, δέχεται μὲν ἡ γῆ, ἡ τῷ ὄντι μήτηρ, ὁ δὲ ἀὴρ εἰσπνεύσας τε καὶ ψύξας εὐθὺς ἤγειρεν ὑγροτέρᾳ τροφῇ γάλακτος καὶ φθέγξασθαι παρέσχεν. ταύτην εἰκότως πρώτην λέγοιτʼ ἂν τοῖς γεννωμένοις ἡ φύσις ἐπισχεῖν θηλήν.

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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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