# Orationes 47-6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/47-6

τί δὴ οἴεσθε, εἰ καθάπερ εἰκός ἐστι καί φασι τοὺς οἰκιστὰς ἥρωας ἢ θεοὺς πολλάκις ἐπιστρέφεσθαι τὰς αὑτῶν πόλεις τοῖς ἄλλοις ὄντας ἀφανεῖς ἔν τε θυσίαις καί τισιν ἑορταῖς δημοτελέσιν, ἔπειθʼ ὁ ἀρχηγὸς ὑμῶν Ἡρακλῆς παραγένοιτοἤτοι πυρᾶς οὔσης, ἣν πάνυ καλὴν αὐτῷ ποιεῖτε, σφόδρα γε ἂν αὐτὸν ἡσθῆναι τοιαύτης ἀκούσαντα φωνῆς; οὐκ ἂν εἰς Θρᾴκην ἀπελθεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ Λιβύην καὶ τοῖς Βουσίριδος ἢ τοῖς Διομήδους ἀπογόνοις θύουσι παρεῖναι; τί δέ; ὁ Περσεὺς οὐκ ἂν ὄντως ὑπερπτῆναι δοκεῖ τὴν πόλιν; καὶ τί δεῖ μεμνῆσθαι θεῶν;

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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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