# Orationes 5-10

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (15)πρὸς ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/5-10

τοῦτο γὰρ ἀεὶ ὁρᾶτε καὶ περὶ τοιαῦτά ἐστε, ἀφʼ ὧν νοῦν μὲν ἢφρόνησιν ἢ δικαίαν διάθεσιν ἢ πρὸς θεοὺς εὐσέβειαν οὐκ ἔστι κτήσασθαι, ἔριν δὲ ἀμαθῆ καὶ φιλοτιμίαν ἄμετρον καὶ κενὴν λύπην καὶ χαρὰν ἀνόητον καὶ λοιδορίαν καὶ δαπάνην. λέγω δὲ ταῦτα οὐκ ἀποτρέπων οὐδὲ καταλύειν κελεύων τὰς τοιαύτας ψυχαγωγίας καὶ ἀπάτας τῆς πόλεως· μαινοίμην γὰρ ἄν· ἀλλʼ ἀξιῶνὑμᾶς, ὥσπερ τούτοις ἑτοίμως καὶ συνεχῶς αὑτοὺς παρέχετε, οὕτω καὶ λόγου χρηστοῦ ποτε ἀκοῦσαι καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ συμφέροντι δέξασθαι παρρησίαν·

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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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