# Orationes 40-5

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/40-5

τὸ γὰρ ἀξίωμα τῆς πόλεως καὶ τὸ μέγεθος οὐδὲνἄγνωστον ἐᾷ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ τὸ σεμνότερον ὑμᾶς ἁπάντων ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἑαυτοὺς ἄγειν, ἔτι δὲ οἶμαι τὸ πράττειν ἄριστα τῶν Ἑλλήνων, φθόνον κινεῖ καὶ ζηλοτυπίαν, ὥστε πολλοὺς εἶναι τοὺς ἐξετάζοντας, ἐάν τι δοκῆτε ἁμαρτάνειν. οὐκοῦν οἱ μὲν ὅπως ὅ,τι πράττουσιν ἀγνοεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ἐθέλοντες κακίας τοῦτο σημεῖον ἐκ- φέρουσιν· οἱ δʼ ἅ μηδεὶς ἀγνοεῖ λανθάνειν νομίζοντες εὐηθείας· οἷς ἀμφοτέροις οὐκ ἂν ἕλοισθε ἔνοχον εἷναι τὴν πόλιν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0612.tlg001.local001/.