# Orationes 53-5

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/53-5

ὁρᾷς γὰρ ὅτι οὐ μικρὸς ἁγὼν οὐδʼ ὁ κίνδυνος ἡμῖν. πρότερον μὲν γάρ,ἅτε οὐδὲν σαφὲς εἰδότες, ἄλλην ἄλλος ἀνεπλάττομεν ἰδέαν, κατὰ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν καὶ φύσιν ἕκαστος ἰνδαλλόμενοι καὶ ὀνειρώττοντες· εἴ τέ πού τινα μικρὰ καὶ ἄσημα τῶν ἔμπροσθεν εἰκάσματα τεχνιτῶν, οὐ πάνυ τούτοις οὔτε πιστεύοντες οὔτε προσέχοντες τὸν νοῦν. σὺ δέ γε ἰσχύϊ τέχνης ἐνίκησασκαὶ ξυνέλεξας τὴν Ἑλλάδα πρῶτον, ἔπειτα τοὺς ἄλλους τῷδε τῷ φάσματι, θεσπέσιον καὶ λαμπρὸν ἀποδείξας, ὡς μηδένα τῶν ἰδόντων δόξαν ἑτέραν ἔτι λαβεῖν ῥᾳδίως.

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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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