# Orationes 38-9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/38-9

φέρε, ἂν καταλάβῃ τοιοῦτον πάθος δημοσίᾳ τινάς, ὥστε γυναικῶν λαβεῖν φωνὴν ἅπαντας καὶ μηδένα δύνασθαι μήτε νέον μήτε πρεσβύτερον ἀνδριστὶ μηδὲν εἰπεῖν· οὐ δόξει χαλεπὸν εἶναι καὶ παντὸς οἶμαι λοιμοῦ βαρύτερον; ὥστε πέμποιεν ἂν εἰς θεοῦ καὶ τὸ δαιμόνιον πολλὰ ἱλάσκοιντο. καίτοι τὸ μὲν γυναικῶν ἀφιέναι φωνὴν ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶ φωνὴν ἀφιέναι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἂν ἀκούων γυναικὸς δυσχεράνειεν.

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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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