# Orationes 34-10

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/34-10

ἐγὼ δέ φημι τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον αἰσχρὰν τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖν καὶ δημοσίᾳ καταισχύνειν, καὶ τὴν μεγίστην ὕβριν εἰς τὴν πατρίδα ὑβρίζειν τοὺς μεθʼ ἡμέραν τούτους κοιμωμένους, καὶ δικαίως ἂν αὐτοὺς ἐξορισθῆναι καὶ παρʼ ὑμῶν καὶ πανταχόθεν. οὐδὲ γὰρ μέτριόν ἐστι τὸ γιγνόμενον οὐδὲσπανίως συμβαῖνον, ἀλλʼ ἀεὶ καὶ πανταχοῦ τῆς πόλεως, κἂν ἀπειλῇ τις κἂν παίζῃ κἂν καταγελᾷ. καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν ἤδη ξύνηθές ἐστι καὶ τοῖς πάνυ σμικροῖς παισί, καὶ τῶν τελείων ὅσοι δοκοῦσιν αἰδεῖσθαι, προάγονται πολλάκις ὥσπερ ἐπὶ δώρῳ τινὶ χρῆσθαι, κἂν ἐπιστήσαντες διατραπῶσιν, ἀνέπνευσαν γοῦν ὅμοιον.

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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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