# Orationes 61-6

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (15)πρὸς ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/61-6

εἰ γὰρ Ἰσμηνίας ηὔλει παρʼ ὑμῖν ἢ Τιμόθεος ᾖδεν ὁ παλαιὸς ἢ Ἀρίων, ὑφʼ οὗ λέγουσιν ᾅδοντος ἐν τῷ πελάγει τοὺς δελφῖνας ἀφικέσθαι πρὸς τὴν ναῦν, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐκπεσόντα αὐτὸν κατὰ τύχην τινὰ ἀναλαβεῖν καὶ σῶσαι, πῶς ἂν διέκεισθε; τούτων μὲν γάρ ἐστιν οὐδεὶς Ἀμφίων οὐδὲ Ὀρφεύς· ὁ μὲν γὰρ υἱὸς ἦν Μούσης, οἱ δὲ ἐκ τῆς Ἀμουσίας αὐτῆς γεγόνασι· διαθρύψαντες γὰρ καὶ κατάξαντες τὸ σεμνὸν τοῦ μέλους καὶ πάντα τρόπον λωβησάμενοι τὴν ἀρχαίαν μουσικήν —

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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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