# Orationes 43-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (6)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΔΟΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/43-3

τοῦτο δὴ τὸ χαλεπὸν ἀεὶ πάρεστι τοῖς μονάρχοις, ὁμοίως μὲν ἡμέρας, ὁμοίως δὲ νυκτός. καὶ τοῖς μὲν καταδικασθεῖσιν ἡμέρα ῥητὴ πρόκειται, ἐν ᾗ δεῖ ἀποθνήσκειν, τοῖς δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἄδηλον, εἴτε μετʼ ὀλίγον εἴτε ἤδη, καὶ οὐδεὶς καιρός, οὐδὲ ὁ βραχύτατος, ἀπήλλακται τούτου τοῦ δέους, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐσθίοντα ἀνάγκη δεδιέναι καὶ θύοντα τοῖς θεοῖς καὶ συμπίνειν τούτῳ τῷ φόβῳ καὶ συγκαθεύδειν.

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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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