# Orationes 40-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/40-4

καὶ τοιαῦτα ποιῶν τοὺς ταλαιπώρους ἰδιώτας οἴεται δεῖν ἀπαγαγεῖν, ἵνα δῆλον ὅτι μηδεὶς ἐργάζηται τὸ λοιπόν, ἀλλʼ οἱ μὲν ἔξω λῃστεύωσιν, οἱ δʼ ἐν τῇ πόλει λωποδυτῶσιν. ἐμοὶ δέ, ἔφη, δοκεῖ τούτους ἐᾶν ἐφʼ οἷς αὐτοὶ πεποιήκασιν, ὑποτελοῦντας τὸ λοιπὸν ὅσον μέτριον, περὶ δὲ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν προσόδων συγγνῶναι αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἔρημον καὶ ἀχρεῖον γεωργήσοντες τὴν γῆν κατελάβοντο. ἐὰν δὲ τιμὴν θέλωσι καταβαλεῖν τοῦ χωρίου, ἀποδόσθαι αὐτοῖς ἐλάττονος ἢ ἄλλοις.

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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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