# Orationes 63-4

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/63-4

τὸ δέ γε τῆς ἐμῆς ἐργασίας οὐκ ἄν τις οὐδὲ μανείς τινι ἀφομοιώσειεν θνητῷ, πρὸς κάλλος ἢ μέγεθος συνεξεταζόμενον. μὴ Ὁμήρου πολὺ φανῶ κρείττων καὶ σωφρονέστερος ποιητής, τοῦ δόξαντος ὑμῖν ἰσοθέου τὴν σοφίαν, ἣν βούλεσθε ζημίαν ἕτοιμος ὑπέχειν ἐγώ. λέγω δὲ πρὸς τὸ δυνατὸν τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ τέχνης·

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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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