# Orationes 52-8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/52-8

πρὸς τοῦ Διός, εἶθʼ ὧν μὲν ἄν τις παρʼ ἰδιώτου τύχῃ διὰ τῆς πόλεως, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως ἀφαιρεθήσεται τούτων· ἃδέ τις εἴληφεν οὐ δημοσίᾳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ δήμου δεδωκότος, οὐκ ἔσται βέβαια; καὶ τὸ μὲν ὑπʼ ἄλλων γενόμενον τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον οὐ λυθήσεται διὰ τὴν πόλιν· ἃ δʼ ἡ πόλις αὐτὴ πεποίηκε, ῥᾳδίως οὕτως ἀνελεῖ; καὶ ταῦτα οὐχ ὡς ἔδωκεν, ὁμοίως ἀφαιρουμένη κατὰ κοινόν, ἀλλʼ ἑνὸς ἀνδρός, ἂν τύχῃ στρατηγῶν, ἐξουσίαν ἔχοντος τοῦτο ποιεῖν;

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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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