# Orationes 53-6-54

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, 53 to 54. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/53-6

ἀλλὰ τίς ἂν ἐκείνων ἐμοὶ νῦν μαρτυρήσειεν; οὔκουν οὐδὲ τότε ἐποίουν μαρτυρίας ἕνεκεν ἢ χάριτος, ὅς γε οὐδʼ ὁπόθεν ἦσαν ἠπιστάμην. μὴ γὰρ ὑμῶν γε μηδεὶς περιπέσοι τοιούτῳ πράγματι. ταῦτα δὲ ἐμοῦ λέγοντος ἀνίσταταί τις ἐκ μέσων· κἀγὼ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἐνεθυμήθην ὅτι ἄλλος τοιοῦτος τυχὸν ἐμοῦ καταψευσόμενος. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Ἄνδρες, ἐγὼ πάλαι τοῦτον ἀμφιγνοῶν ἠπίστουν ὅμως. ἐπεὶ δὲ σαφῶς αὐτὸν ἔγνωκα, δεινόν μοι δοκεῖ, μᾶλλον δὲ ἀσεβές, μὴ εἰπεῖν ἃ συνεπίσταμαι μηδʼ ἀποδοῦναι λόγῳ χάριν, ἔργῳ τὰ μέγιστα εὖ παθών.

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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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