# Orationes 45-9

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (17)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/45-9

αἱ μὲν οὖν θῖνες καὶ τὸ πρὸς τῇ λίμνῃ χωρίον οὐδενὸς ἄξια. τίς γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τούτων πρόσοδος ἢ λυσιτέλεια; τὸ μέντοι χρηστοὺς φαίνεσθαι καὶ μεγαλόφρονας οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ὅσου νομίζεται δικαίως ἄξια. τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἁμιλλᾶσθαι πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους ὑπὲρ δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἀρετῆς καὶ τὸ φιλίας καὶ ὁμονοίας ἄρχειν καὶ τούτοις περιεῖναι τῶν ἄλλων καὶ κρατεῖν ἡ καλλίστη πασῶν νίκη καὶ ἀσφαλεστάτη. τὸ δʼ ἐξ ἅπαντος τρόπου ζητεῖν μαχομένους ὑπερέχειν ἀλεκτρυόνων ἐστὶ μᾶλλον γενναίων ἤπερ ἀνδρῶν.

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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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