# Orationes 53-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (10)ΤΡΩΙΚΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ τοῦ ΙΛΙΟΝ ΜΗ ΑΛΩΝΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/53-4

κρεῖττον οὖν εἶναι μὴ καταλιπεῖν ἀρχὴν πολέμου καὶ στάσεως ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησι. τὸν δὲ ἄχθεσθαι μέν, οὐκ ἔχειν δὲ ὅπως κωλύσῃ τὸν Τυνδάρεων· κύριον γὰρ εἶναι τῆς αὑτοῦ θυγατρός· καὶ ἅμα φοβεῖσθαι τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ. καὶ οὕτως δὴ λαβεῖν Ἀλέξανδρον τὴν Ἑλένην ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου, πείσαντα τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτῆς καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς, καὶ ἀφικέσθαι ἄγοντα μετὰ πολλοῦ ζήλου καὶ χαρᾶς· καὶ τόν τε Πρίαμον καὶ τὸν Ἕκτορα καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἅπαντας ἥδεσθαι τῷ γάμῳ, καὶ τὴν Ἑλένην ὑποδέχεσθαι μετὰ θυσιῶν καὶ εὐχῶν.

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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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