# Orationes 53-7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/53-7

καὶ μὴν καὶ γράμματά ἐστιν ἐν κοινῷ περὶ τούτων, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἔφην. τὰ γὰρ ψηφίσματα γέγραπται δήπουθεν τὰ τῶν τιμῶν καὶ δημοσίᾳ μένει τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον. τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀποδοῦναι χάριν οὕτως ἀκριβῶς γίγνεται παρʼ ὑμῖν, τὸ δʼ ἀφελέσθαι τοὺς εἰληφότας πάνυ ῥᾳδίως. εἶτα τὸ μὲν οὐχ οἷόν τε γενέσθαι δίχα ψηφίσματος, ἁπάντων ὑμῶν πεισθέντων, τὸ δὲ ἔθει τινὶ συμβαίνει, κἂν ἑνὶ δόξῃ μόνον; πλὴν ὅ γε ἔφην ὅτι δημοσίᾳ ταῦτα ἀναγέγραπται, καὶ οὐ μόνον ἐν τοῖς ψηφίσμασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν εἰκόνων, τό τε ὄνομα τοῦ τιμηθέντος καὶ τὸ δεδωκέναι τὸν δῆμον, καὶ τούτων πάλιν ἐν τῷ δημοσίῳ κειμένων.

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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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