# Orationes 44-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/44-3

εἶναι δὲ τὴν Ἑλένην ἐπὶ κάλλει περιβόητον καὶ πολλοὺς μνηστῆρας αὐτῆς ἔτι σμικρᾶσπαιδὸς οὔσης γενέσθαι καὶ ἁρπαγὴν ὑπὸ Θησέως βασιλέως ὄντος Ἀθηνῶν. τοὺς οὖν ἀδελφοὺς τῆς Ἑλένης εὐθέως ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν τοῦ Θησέως χώραν καὶ πορθῆσαι τὴν πόλιν καὶ κομίσασθαι τὴν ἀδελφήν. τὰς μὲν οὖν ἄλλας γυναῖκας ἀφιέναι λαβόντας· τὴν δὲ τοῦ Θησέως μητέρα αἰχμάλωτον ἄγειν, τιμωρουμένους αὐτόν· εἶναιγὰρ αὐτοὺς ἀξιομάχους πρὸς ἅπασαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα, καὶ καταστρέψασθαι ῥᾳδίως ἄν, εἰ ἐβούλοντο.

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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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