# Orationes 34-7

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (13)ΕΥΒΟΙΚΟΣ ἢ ΚΥΝΗΓΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/34-7

καὶ δεῖ μὴ τοῖς οἰκοδομοῦσι καὶ φυτεύουσι τὴν δημοσίαν γῆν χαλεπῶς ἔχειν,ἀλλὰ τοῖς καταφθείρουσιν. ἐπεὶ καὶ νῦν, ἔφη, ὦ ἄνδρες, σχεδόν τι τὰ δύο μέρη τῆς χώρας ἡμῶν ἔρημά ἐστι διʼ ἀμέλειάν τε καὶ ὀλιγανθρωπίαν. κἀγὼ πολλὰ κέκτημαι πλέθρα, ὥσπερ οἶμαι καὶ ἄλλος τις, οὐ μόνον ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τοῖς πεδινοῖς, ἃ εἴ τις ἐθέλοι γεωργεῖν, οὐ μόνον ἂν προῖκα δοίην, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀργύριον ἡδέως προστελέσαιμι.

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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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