# Orationes 58-4

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/58-4

τὰ γὰρ θεῖα φάσματα, λέγω δὲ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης καὶ σύμπαντος οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἄστρων, αὐτὰ μὲν καθʼ αὑτὰ φαινόμενα θαυμαστὰ πάντως, ἡ δὲ μίμησις αὐτῶν ἁπλῆ καὶ ἄτεχνος, εἴ τις ἐθέλοι τὰ σελήνης σχήματα ἀφομοιοῦν ἢ τὸν ἡλίου κύκλον· ἔτι δὲ ἤθους καὶ διανοίας αὐτὰ μὲν ἐκεῖνα μεστὰ πάντως, ἐν δὲ τοῖς εἰκάσμασιν οὐδὲν ἐνδεικνύμενα τοιοῦτον· ὅθεν ἴσως καὶ τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὕτως ἐνομίσθη τοῖς Ἕλλησι.

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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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