# Orationes 35-5

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (11)Ὀλυμπικὸς ἢ περὶ τῆς πρώτης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐννοίας. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/35-5

οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸ τοιοῦτον γιγνόμενον θαυμάσαι τις ἄν, πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον ὅπως καὶ μέχρι τῶν θηρίων διικνεῖται τῶν ἀφρόνων καὶ ἀλόγων, ὡς καὶ ταῦτα γιγνώσκειν καὶ τιμᾶν τὸν θεὸν καὶ προθυμεῖσθαι ζῆν κατὰ τὸν ἐκείνου θεσμόν· ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον ἀπεοικότως τὰ φυτά, οἷς μηδεμίαμηδενὸς ἔννοια, ἀλλὰ ἄψυχα καὶ ἄφωνα ἁπλῇ τινι φύσει διοικούμενα, ὅμως δὲ καὶ αὐτὰ ἑκουσίως καὶ βουλόμενα καρπὸν ἐκφέρει τὸν προσήκοντα ἑκάστῳ. οὕτω πάνυ ἐναργὴς καὶ πρόδηλος ἡ τοῦδε τοῦ θεοῦ γνώμη καὶ δύναμις.

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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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