# Orationes 51-9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/51-9

τοιγαροῦν ὡς παισὶν ὑμῖν παιδαγωγοὺς δέδωκε τοὺς φρονιμωτέρους τῆς πόλεως, μεθʼ ὧν καὶ θεωρεῖτε καὶ τἄλλα ἄμεινον πράττετε. ἐπεὶ πῶς ἂν ἀπείχεσθε ἀλλήλων; καίτοι ποίους τινὰς ἂν ὑμεῖς ἡγοῖσθε ἀνθρώπους, οἷς ἐλευθερία μὴ συμφέρει; νὴ Δία, τὸ γὰρπρᾶγμά ἐστι φύσει τοιοῦτον. οὐ γὰρ καὶ ἐν ἄλλαις πόλεσιν ᾅδουσι καὶ νὴ Δία αὐλοῦσι καὶ τρέχουσι καὶ πάνθʼ ὅσα γίγνεται παρʼ ὑμῖν καὶ παρʼ ἑτέροις τισίν; ἀλλʼ οὐδαμοῦ τοιοῦτος ἔρως ἐστὶ τοῦ πράγματος οὐδὲ οἶστρος.

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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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