# Orationes 35-11

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (17)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/35-11

ἔνιοι δʼ, ἂν εἰς ἀρχήν τινα καταστῶσιν, ἐν ἐκείνῃ μόνον ζητοῦσιν ἅψασθαί τινος πράξεως, ὅπως ἀπέλθωσιν ἐνδοξότεροι, τοῦτο μόνον σκοποῦντες. τοιγαροῦν πρὸς ἓξ μῆνάς εἰσιν ὑμῖν ἀνδρεῖοι, πολλάκις οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῷ συμφέροντι τῆς πόλεως. ὥστε νῦν μέν ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ λέγων, κἀκείνῳ ἔτι εὐθὺς ἄλλος, εἶθʼ ἕτερος· καὶ τὸν πρὸ τριάκοντα ἡμερῶν λαμπρὸν καὶ μόνον φάσκοντα κήδεσθαι τῆς πόλεως οὐδʼ ἰδεῖν ἔστι προσιόντα τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ,

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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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