# Orationes 54-3

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/54-3

ἆρʼ οὖν οἴει τὸν Ἴφιτον καὶ τὸν Λυκοῦργον καὶ τοὺς τότε Ἠλείους διὰ χρημάτων ἀπορίαν τὸν μὲν ἀγῶνα καὶ τὴν θυσίαν ποιῆσαι τῷ Διὶ πρέπουσαν, ἄγαλμαδὲ μηδὲν ἐξευρεῖν ἐπʼ ὀνόματι καὶ σχήματι τοῦ θεοῦ, σχεδόν τι προέχοντας δυνάμει τῶν ὕστερον, ἢ μᾶλλον φοβηθέντας μήποτε οὐ δύναιντο ἱκανῶς ἀπομιμήσασθαι διὰ θνητῆς τέχνης τὴν ἄκραν καὶ τελειοτάτην φύσιν;

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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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