# Orationes 51-6

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (11)Ὀλυμπικὸς ἢ περὶ τῆς πρώτης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐννοίας. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/51-6

τῷ γὰρ ὄντι καὶ τὴν ἄλογον ἄν ἐκπλήξειε τοῦτό γε τῶν ζῴων φύσιν, εἰ δύναιντο προσιδεῖν μόνον, ταύρων τε τῶν ἀεὶ πρὸς τόνδε τὸν βωμὸν ἀγομένων, ὡς ἑκόντας ὑπέχειν τοῖς καταρχομένοις, εἴ τινα παρέξουσι τῷ θεῷ χάριν, ἔτι δὲ ἀετῶν τε καὶ ἵππων καὶ λεόντων, ὡς τὸ ἀνήμερον καὶ ἄγριον σβέσαντας τοῦ θυμοῦ πολλὴν ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν, τερφθέντας ὑπὸ τῆς θέας· ἀνθρώπων δέ, ὃς ἂν ᾖ παντελῶς ἐπίπονος τὴν ψυχήν, πολλὰς ἀναντλήσας συμφορὰς καὶ λύπας ἐν τῷ βίῳ μηδὲ ὕπνον ἡδὺν ἐπιβαλλόμενος, καὶ ὅς δοκεῖ μοι κατʼ ἐναντίον στὰς τῆσδε τῆς εἰκόνος ἐκλαθέσθαι ἂν πάντων ὅσα ἐν ἀνθρωπίνῳ βίῳ δεινὰ καὶ χαλεπὰ γίγνεται παθεῖν.

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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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