# Orationes 4-6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/4-6

καὶ δὴ ἀνεμιμνησκόμην Ὀδυσσέως τε παρʼ Ὁμήρῳ κατοδυρομένου πολλάκις αὑτόν, ἀνδρὸς ἥρωος οὐδαμῶς τε ἀδυνάτου καρτερεῖν, πολλὰ ὅμως ἀνάξια λέγοντος καὶ θρηνοῦντος ἑκάστοτε παρὰ τῇ θαλάττῃ διὰ πόθον τῆς πατρίδος· τέλος δέ, ὥς φησιν ὁ ποιητής, ἐπεθύμει καπνὸν ἰδεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς αὑτοῦ γῆς ἀνιόντα, εἰ καὶ δέοιπαραχρῆμα ἀποθνῄσκειν, καὶ οὔτε τὰ πρότερον ἔργα παρεμυθεῖτο αὐτὸν οὔτε θεὸς μάλα καλὴ καὶ ἀγαθὴ περὶ πολλοῦ ποιουμένη, ὥστε ὑποσχέσθαι ποιήσειν αὐτὸν ἀθάνατον, ἀλλὰ πάντων τούτων κατίσχυεν ὁ τῆς πατρίδος πόθος τε καὶ ἔρως·

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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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