# Orationes 37-5

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (12)ἐν ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ περὶ ΦΥΓΗΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/37-5

τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα οὐχ ἧττόν γε πέφυκεν ἐξάπτειν τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν καὶ ἀκολασίαν. οὐ μέντοι ἔλεγον ὡς χαλεπὸν αὐτοῖς παιδευθῆναι, ἐπεὶ καὶ τἄλλα, ἔφην, οὐδενὸς βελτίους πρότερον ὄντες ὅσα ἐβουλήθητε ῥᾳδίως ἐμάθετε· λέγω δὲ ἱππικὴν καὶ τοξικὴν καὶ ὁπλιτικήν.

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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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