# Orationes 38-6

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (13)ΕΥΒΟΙΚΟΣ ἢ ΚΥΝΗΓΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/38-6

ἐπεὶ νῦν γε καὶ τὰ πρὸ τῶνπυλῶν ἄγρια παντελῶς ἐστι καὶ αἰσχρὰ δεινῶς, ὥσπερ ἐν ἐρημίᾳ τῇ βαθυτάτῃ, οὐχ ὡς προάστιον πόλεως· τὰ δέ γε ἐντὸς τείχους σπείρεται τὰ πλεῖστα καὶ κατανέμεται. οὐκοῦν ἄξιον, ἔφη, θαυμάσαι τῶν ῥητόρων, ὅτι τοὺς μὲν ἐπὶ τῷ Καφηρεῖ φιλεργοῦντας ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις τῆς Εὐβοίας συκοφαντοῦσι, τοὺς δὲ τὸ γυμνάσιονγεωργοῦντας καὶ τὴν ἀγορὰν κατανέμοντας οὐδὲν οἴονται ποιεῖν δεινόν.

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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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