# Orationes 31-32

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, 31 to 32. Ancient Greek.

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

τῇ ὅγε, φησί, θυμὸν ἔτερπεν· ἄειδε δʼ ἄρα κλέα ἀνδρῶν, ὡς οὐδέποτε ἐκλανθάνεσθαι δέον τῆς ἀρετῆς οὐδὲ τῶν εὐκλεῶν πράξεων, οὔτε πίνοντα οὔτε ᾅδοντα, τὸν γενναῖον ἄνδρα καὶ βασιλικὸν, ἀλλʼ ἀεὶ διατελεῖν ἢ πράττοντα αὐτὸν μέγα τι καὶ θαυμαστὸν ἢ μεμνημένον τῶν ὁμοίων. ταῦτα δὲ ἔλεγε πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ἐπιδεικνύμενος τὴν αὑτοῦ διάνοιαν. καὶ γὰρ δὴ ἐτύγχανε τὸν μὲν Ὅμηρον ἀγαπῶν, τὸν Ἀχιλλέα δὲ οὐ μόνον ἐθαύμαζεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐζηλοτύπει τῆς Ὁμήρου ποιήσεως, ὥσπερ οἱ καλοὶ ζηλοτυποῦσι τοὺς καλοὺς ἐνίοτε, κρειττόνων ἐραστῶν τυγχάνοντας.

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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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