# Orationes 52-6

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/52-6

οὕτως σύγε ἀνεῦρες καὶ ἐμηχανήσω θέαμα, ἀτεχνῶς νηπενθές τʼ ἄχολόν τε, κακῶν ἐπίληθες ἁπάντων. τοσοῦτον φῶς καὶ τοσαύτη χάρις ἔπεστιν ἀπὸ τῆς τέχνης. οὐδὲγὰρ αὐτὸν τὸν Ἥφαιστον εἰκὸς ἐγκαλέσαι τῷδε τῷ ἔργῳ, κρίνοντα πρὸς ἡδονὴν καὶ τέρψιν ἀνθρωπίνης ὄψεως. εἰ δʼ αὖ τὸ πρέπον εἶδος καὶ τὴν ἀξίαν μορφὴν τῆς θεοῦ φύσεως ἐδημιούργησας, ὕλῃ τε ἐπιτερπεῖ χρησάμενος, ἀνδρός τε μορφὴν ὑπερφυᾶ τὸ κάλλος καὶ τὸ μέγεθος δείξας, πλὴν ἀνδρὸς καὶ τἄλλα ποιήσασὡς ἐποίησας, σκοπῶμεν τὰ νῦν· ὑπὲρ ὧν ἀπολογησάμενος ἱκανῶς ἐν τοῖς παροῦσι, καὶ πείσας ὅτι τὸ οἰκεῖον καὶ τὸ πρέπον ἐξεῦρες σχήματός τε καὶ μορφῆς τῷ πρώτῳ καὶ μεγίστῳ θεῷ, μισθὸν ἕτερον τοῦ παρʼ Ἠλείων προσλάβοις ἂν μείζω καὶ τελειότερον.

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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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