# Orationes 32-7

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (15)πρὸς ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/32-7

οὐκ ἴστε ὅτι ὥσπερ ἡγεμὼν καὶ βασιλεὺς ὅταν προέλθῃ, τότε σαφέστατα ὁρᾶται καὶ δεῖ μηδὲν ἀγεννὲς μηδὲ αἰσχρὸν ποιεῖν· παραπλησίως καὶ δῆμος, ὅταν εἰς ταὐτὸ προέλθῃ καὶ ἀθρόος γένηται; χρὴ μὲν γὰρ οἶμαι καὶ τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον σωφρονεῖν ὑμᾶς· ἀλλʼ ὅμως ὅ, τι ἂν πράττῃ τις καθʼ αὑτόν, οὐ κοινόν ἐστι τοῦτο οὐδὲ τῆς πόλεως· ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ δὲ βλέπεται τὸ δημόσιον ἦθος. ὑμεῖς δὲ μάλιστα ἐνταῦθα ἀφυλάκτωσἔχετε καὶ προήσεσθε τὴν δόξαν τῆς πόλεως· ὥσπερ αἱ κακαὶ γυναῖκες, δέον αὐτάς, κἂν οἴκοι μὴ σωφρονῶσιν, ἔξω γε προϊέναι κοσμίως, αἱ δὲ μάλιστα ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν.

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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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