# Orationes 62-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/62-5

οὐ τοίνυν οὐδὲ ἐκεῖνο ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, ὅτι οὐχὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν οἱ ταῦτʼ εἰληφότες. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἅπαντα ὀφείλουσι τὰ τῶν προγόνων οὐχ ἧττον αὐτῶν ἐκείνων εἰς οὓς ἄν ποτε καθήκῃ τὸ γένος. οὐ γὰρ ἀφίστασθαί γε φήσετε τῆς διαδοχῆς. εἶτα πάνθʼ ὅσα ἐξ ὧν τότε ἐκείνους τινὲς εὐηργετήκασι καὶ προυθυμοῦντο πάσχοντες ἢ δρῶντες ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν συνήχθη χρήσιμα καὶ μεγάλα, ὑμῖν ἔστι νῦν· ἡ δόξα τῆς πόλεως, τὸ μέγεθος, τὸ χωρὶς μιᾶς αὐτὴν πασῶν τῶν ἄλλων ὑπερέχειν.

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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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