# Orationes 43-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (10)ΤΡΩΙΚΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ τοῦ ΙΛΙΟΝ ΜΗ ΑΛΩΝΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/43-4

ἡ δὲ ποίησις ἀναπείθει τὰ ψευδῆ ἀκούειν ὥσπερ ὁ οἶνος πίνειν μάτην. ὡς οὖν ἤκουσα παρʼ ἐκείνου, πειράσομαι εἰπεῖν, προστιθεὶς ἐξ ὧν ἐδόκει μοι ἀληθῆ τὰ λεγόμενα. ἔφη γὰρ ἐν Σπάρτῃ γενέσθαιΤυνδάρεων σοφὸν ἄνδρα καὶ βασιλέα μέγιστον, τούτου δὲ καὶ Λήδας δύο θυγατέρας κατὰ ταὐτὸ ὥσπερ ἡμεῖς ὀνομάζομεν, Κλυταιμνήστρας καὶ Ἑλένην, καὶ δύο ἄρρενας παῖδας διδύμους καλοὺς καὶ μεγάλους καὶ πολὺ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀρίστους.

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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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