# Orationes 40-7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/40-7

εἰ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἀκοῆς δέοι τεκμαίρεσθαι περὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὥσπερ Ὅμηρός φησι προσιόντα τὸν Ὀδυσσέα τῇ αὑτοῦ οἰκίᾳ μὴ περιμεῖναι θεάσασθαι τοὺς μνηστῆρας ἑστιωμένους,ἀλλʼ εὐθὺς εἰπεῖν πρὸς τὸν Εὔμαιον, ὡς αὐτὸν ἡ κιθάρα περιήνεγκε, γιγνώσκειν ὅτι πολλοὶ ἐν αὐτῇ δαῖτα τίθενται·

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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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