# Orationes 51-8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/51-8

σκοπεῖτε δὲ ὅτι πάντες ἡγοῦνται κυριώτερα ταῦτα ἔχειν, ὅσα ἂν δημοσίᾳ συμβάλωσι διὰ τῶν τῆς πόλεως γραμμάτων· καὶ οὐκ ἔνι λυθῆναι τῶν οὕτω διῳκημένων οὐδέν, οὔτʼ εἴ τις ὠνήσαιτο παρά του χωρίον ἢ πλοῖον ἢ ἀνδράποδον, οὔτʼ εἴ τῳ δανείσειεν, οὔτ’ ἂν οἰκέτην ἀφῇ τις ἐλεύθερον οὔτʼ ἂν δῷ τινα δωρεάν. τί δήποτʼ οὖν συμβέβηκε ταῦτʼ εἶναι βεβαιότερα τῶν ἄλλων; ὅτι τὴν πόλιν μάρτυρα ἐποιήσατο τοῦ πράγματος ὁ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον οἰκονομήσας τι τῶν ἑαυτοῦ.

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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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