# Orationes 58-2-59

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, 58 to 59. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/58-2

καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ ταύτῃ ποιηθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τῶν Μουσῶν τὴν ἐπινίκιον, οἷον ἐκέλευεν Ἀχιλλεὺς, τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖς τὸν παιᾶνα ἅμα τῇ τοῦ Ἕκτορος ἀγωγῇ πρὸς τὰς ναῦς αὐτὸς ἐξάρχων, νῦν δʼ ἄγʼ ἀείδοντες παιήονα κοῦροι Ἀχαιῶν νηυσὶν ἐπὶ γλαφυρῇσι νεώμεθα, τόνδε δʼ ἄγωμεν. ἠράμεθα μέγα κῦδος, ἐπέφνομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον, ᾧ Τρῶες κατὰ ἄστυ θεῷ ὣς εὐχετόωντο. ἔτι δὲ οἶμαι τὴν παρακλητικήν, οἵα ἡ τῶν Λακωνικῶν ἐμβατηρίων, μάλα πρέπουσα τῇ Λυκούργου πολιτείᾳ καὶ τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἐκείνοις· ἄγετʼ, ὦ Σπάρτας εὐάνδρου κοῦροι πατέρων πολιητᾶν, λαιᾷ μὲν ἴτυν προβάλεσθε, δόρυ δʼ εὐτόλμως πάλλοντες, μὴ φειδόμενοι τᾶς ζωᾶς· οὐ γὰρ πάτριον τᾷ Σπάρτᾳ.

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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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