# Orationes 40-3

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/40-3

τῆς δὲ τοιαύτης ὑπολήψεως τὴν μέν τινα ἑκουσίαν καὶ παραμυθητικὴν φῶμεν, τὴν δὲ ἀναγκαίαν καὶ προστακτικήν. λέγω δὲ τοῦ μὲν ἑκουσίουκαὶ παραμυθίας ἐχομένην τὴν τῶν ποιητῶν, τοῦ δὲ ἀναγκαίου καὶ προστάξεως τὴν τῶν νομοθετῶν· τούτων γὰρ οὐδετέραν ἰσχῦσαι δυνατὸν μὴ πρώτης ἐκείνης ὑπούσης, διʼ ἣν βουλομένοις ἐγίγνοντο καὶ τρόπον τινὰ προειδόσιν αὐτοῖς αἵ τε προστάξεις καὶ παραμυθίαι, τῶν μὲν ὀρθῶς καὶ ξυμφώνως ἐξηγουμένων ποιητῶνκαὶ νομοθετῶν τῇ τε ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ταῖς ἐννοίαις, τῶν δὲ ἀποπλανωμένων ἔν τισιν.

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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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