# Orationes 36-6

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/36-6

ὃ τοίνυν ἀρχόμενος εἶπον, οὐδʼ ἂν νῦν ὀκνήσαιμι εἰπεῖν, ὅτι πανταχοῦ μὲν οἰκεῖόν ἐστι φαίνεσθαι τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἄνδρας ὑγιεῖς καὶ μηδὲν παλίμβολον ἔχοντας μηδὲ δυσχερές, μάλιστα δὲ οἶμαι περὶ τὸ τιμᾶν καὶ τὰς δωρεάς. τὸ γὰρ αἰσχύνην τινὰ προσάπτειν τοῖς καλοῖς καὶ τὸ ἀδίκως ποιεῖν τὸ πάντων δικαιότατον οὐδʼ αἰσθανομένων ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπων τῆς ἑκάστου φύσεως. ὥσπερ οὖν οἱ παρανομοῦντες εἰς τὰ ἱερὰ τῶν εἰς ἄλλʼ ὁτιοῦν ἁμαρτανόντων χείρους εἰσίν, οὕτως οἱ περὶ ταῦτα ἄδικοι καὶ πονηροὶ φαινόμενοι.

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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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