# Orationes 36-8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/36-8

τὸν δέ γε ἄγριον τοῦτον καὶ χαλεπὸν ἦχον τίς ἂν μέτριος ἄνθρωπος ὑπομείνειεν; ἀλλʼ ἐὰν μέν τις οἴκημα παριὼν ἀκούσῃ τοῦ τοιούτου, δῆλον ὅτι φήσει χαμαιτυπεῖον αὐτὸ εἶναι. τὴν δὲ πόλιν τί φήσουσιν, ἐν ᾗ πανταχοῦ σχεδὸν εἷς ἐπικρατεῖ φθόγγος, καὶ οὔτε καιρὸν οὔτε ἡμέραν οὔτε τόπον ἐξαίρετον οὐδένα ποιοῦνται, ἀλλʼ ἐν στενωποῖς, ἐν οἰκίαις, ἐν ἀγοραῖς, παρὰ τὸ θέατρον, ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ δυναστεύει τὸ πρᾶγμα; καὶ αὐλοῦντος μὲν ἕωθεν οὐδενὸς ἀκήκοα ἐγὼ μέχρι νῦν ἐν τῇ πόλει, τοῦτο δὲ τὸ θαυμαστὸν μέλος εὐθὺς ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ κινεῖται.

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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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