# Orationes 55-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/55-5

τί οὖν; ἆρά γε καὶ λαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν, ὅταν ᾖ χρεία τις, ἢ δανείζονται γοῦν, ὃ τάχα δόξει μηδὲν εἶναι δεινόν; ἀλλʼ οἶμαι πρότερον ἂν περιέλοιεν τὸν κόσμον τῆς θεοῦ πρὶν ἢ τούτων ἅψασθαι. καίτοι τοὺς Ἐφεσίους οὐκ ἂν εἴποιτε εὐπορωτέρους αὑτῶν. τοὐναντίον γὰρ ὑμεῖς μὲν καὶ πρότερον ἦτε πλουσιώτατοι τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ νῦν ἔτι μᾶλλόν ἐστε· ἐκείνους δὲ πολλῶν ἔστιν ἰδεῖν καταδεέστερον πράττοντας.

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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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