# Orationes 5-11

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/5-11

ἔπειθʼ ὑμεῖς ἀκούοντες τὸ μὲν ἐξετάζειν καθʼ ἕκαστον ἢ ἀπιστεῖνἀνδρὶ σοφῷ φαῦλον ἡγεῖσθε καὶ ἄκαιρον, ἄλλως δὲ τῇ ῥώμῃ καὶ τῇ ταχυτῆτι τῶν λόγων ἐπαίρεσθε καὶ πάνυ χαίρετε ἀπνευστὶ ξυνείροντος τοσοῦτον ὄχλον ῥημάτων, καὶ πεπόνθατε ὅμοιον τοῖς ὁρῶσι τοὺς ἵππους τοὺς ἀπὸ ῥυτῆρος θέοντας· οὐδὲν ὠφελούμενοι θαυμάζετε ὅμως καὶ μακάριόν φατε κτῆμα. καίτοι καὶ τοῖς ἵπποις ἰδεῖν ἔστιν οὐ τοὺς δεσπότας χρωμένους πολλάκις, ἀλλὰ φαῦλον ἀνδράποδον.

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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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