# Orationes 49-9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/49-9

ἀλλὰ καὶ πρότερον ἦν ποτε Ἀθηναίοις πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους ζηλοτυπία, καὶ τό γε πρῶτον ἡγοῦντο οἱ Λάκωνες, εἶτα συνέβη πρὸς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους μᾶλλον ἀποκλῖναι τοὺς Ἕλληνας μετὰ τὰ Μηδικά. τί οὖν ὁ Σπαρτιάτης; καὶ τὸν νησιώτην καὶ τὸν Ἴωνα καὶ τὸν Ἑλλησπόντιον ἀφεὶς αὑτὸν ἐσωφρόνιζε, καὶ τὰ τῆς Σπάρτης ἑώρα, σαφῶς εἰδὼς ὅτι τῶν νόμων καὶ τῆς εὐταξίας οὐδὲν δεῖ περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι. τοιγαροῦν μάλιστα εὐδαιμόνησαν ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον.

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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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