# Orationes 52-10

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/52-10

οὐκ ἴστε ὅτι τὸ μὲν ποιεῖν τι τῶν ἀπορρήτων καὶ τῶν παρὰ φύσινὑποψίαν ἐπὶ τῶν πλείστων μόνον ἔχει, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἑόρακεν οὐδὲν τῶν πολλῶν, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ σκότει που καὶ κρύφα λανθάνοντες ἀσεβοῦσιν οἱ κακοδαίμονες· τὰ δὲ τοιαῦτα ξύμβολα τῆς ἀκρασίας μηνύει τὸ ἦθος καὶ τὴν διάθεσιν, ἡ φωνή, τὸ βλέμμα, τὸ σχῆμα, καὶ δὴ καὶ ταῦτα τὰ δοκοῦντα σμικρὰ καὶ ἐν μηδενὶ λόγῳ, κουρά,περίπατος, τὸ τὰ ὄμματα ἀναστρέφειν, τὸ ἐγκλίνειν τὸν τράχηλον, τὸ ταῖς χερσὶν ὑπτίαις διαλέγεσθαι. μὴ γὰρ οἴεσθε αὐλήματα μὲν καὶ κρούματα καὶ μέλη τὰ μὲν ἐμφαίνειν τὸ ἀνδρεῖον, τὰ δὲ τὸ θῆλυ, κινήσεις δὲ καὶ πράξεις μὴ διαφέρειν μηδʼ εἶναι μηδένα ἐν τούτοις ἔλεγχον. ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ βούλομαί τινα λόγον ὑμῖν εἰπεῖν,ὃν ἴσως καὶ ἄλλοτε ἀκηκόατε.

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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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