# Orationes 37-4

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/37-4

εἰ μέχρι τοῦ ᾅδειν αὐτοῖς τὸ σοφὸν ἦν, ἀλλὰ μὴ τοὺς θεοὺς ἡμῶν ἀφῃροῦντο καὶ ἀπῴκιζον, ἐξελαύνοντες ἐκ τῆς αὑτῶν πόλεώς τε καὶ ἀρχῆς, ἐκ τοῦδε τοῦ κόσμου παντός, εἴς τινας χώρας ἀτόπους, καθάπερ ἀνθρώπους δυστυχεῖς εἴς τινας νήσους ἐρήμους· τάδε δὲ τὰ ξύμπαντα φάσκοντες ἀγνώμονα καὶ ἄφρονα καὶ ἀδέσποτα καὶ μηδένα ἔχοντα ἄρχοντα μηδὲ ταμίαν μηδὲ ἐπιστάτην πλανᾶσθαι εἰκῇ καὶ φέρεσθαι, μηδενὸς μήτε νῦν προνοοῦντος μήτε πρότερον ἐργασαμένου τὸ πᾶν, μηδὲ ὥσπερ οἱ παῖδες τοὺς τροχοὺς αὐτοὶ κινήσαντες εἶτα ἐῶσιν ἀφʼ αὑτῶν φέρεσθαι.

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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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