# Orationes 54-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/54-4

ὅτι τοίνυν οὐθέν ἐστι τὸ τῆς ἀπογραφῆς οὐδὲ τὸ ἐν κοινῷ κεῖσθαι πρὸς τὸ μὴ τῶν εἰληφότων εἶναι τοὺς ἀνδριάντας πάλαι μὲν ἴσως ὑπάρχει δῆλον· ἀλλʼ ὥστε μηδʼ ἐπιχειρῆσαι μηδένα ἀντειπεῖν, ἐκεῖνο ὑμῖν ἐρῶ. ἴστε που τοὺς Ἐφεσίους, ὅτι πολλὰ χρήματα παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἐστι, τὰ μὲν ἰδιωτῶν, ἀποκείμενα ἐν τῷ νεῲ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, οὐκ Ἐφεσίων μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ξένων καὶ τῶν ὁπόθεν δήποτε ἀνθρώπων, τὰ δὲ καὶ δήμων καὶ βασιλέων, ἃ τιθέασι πάντες οἱ τιθέντες ἀσφαλείας χάριν, οὐδενὸς οὐδεπώποτε τολμήσαντος ἀδικῆσαι τὸν τόπον, καίτοι καὶ πολέμων ἤδη μυρίων γεγονότων καὶ πολλάκις ἁλούσης τῆς πόλεως. οὐκοῦν ὅτι μὲν ἐν κοινῷ κεῖται τὰ χρήματα δῆλόν ἐστιν· ἀλλὰ καὶ δημοσίᾳ κατὰ τὰς ἀπογραφὰς ἔθος αὐτὰ τοῖς Ἐφεσίοις ἀπογράφεσθαι.

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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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