# Orationes 5-9

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/5-9

ταυτὶ μὲν οὖν ἦν ἀναγκαῖον προειπεῖν, ὥστε τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τοῦ πράγματος γενέσθαι· νυνὶ δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτὸ βαδιοῦμαι, τοσοῦτονὑπειπὼν, ὅτι μοι προσήκειν δοκεῖ πάντα μὲν πράττειν δικαίως καὶ καλῶς τὰ κατὰ τὸν βίον, ἄλλως τε καὶ δημοσίᾳ ποιοῦντας ὁτιοῦν, οὐ μόνον ἐπειδὴ τὰ κοινὰ ὑπάρχει φανερώτερα, ὧν ἂν ἕκαστος ἰδίᾳ πράττῃ μὴ δέον, ἀλλὰ καὶ διʼ ἐκεῖνο ὅτι τὰ μὲν τῶν ἰδιωτῶν ἁμαρτήματα οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀποφαίνει τὴν πόλιν φαύλην, ἐκδὲ τῶν δημοσίᾳ γιγνομένων οὐχ ὃν προσήκει τρόπον ἀνάγκη δοκεῖν καὶ τοὺς καθʼ ἕνα μοχθηρούς.

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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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