# Orationes 64-2

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/64-2

δαψιλὲς γὰρ χρῆμα ποίησις καὶ πάντα τρόπον εὔπορον καὶ αὐτόνομον, καὶ χορηγίᾳ γλώττης καὶ πλήθει ῥημάτων ἱκανὸν ἐξ αὑτοῦ πάντα δηλῶσαι τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς βουλήματα, κἂν ὁποιονοῦν διανοηθῇ σχῆμα ἢ ἔργον ἢ πάθος ἢ μέγεθος, οὐκ ἂν ἀπορήσειεν ἀγγέλου φωνῆς πάνυ ἐναργῶς σημαινούσης ἕκαστα. στρεπτὴ γὰρ γλῶσσʼ ἐστὶ βροτῶν, πολέες δʼ ἔνι μῦθοι, φησὶν Ὅμηρος αὐτός, παντοῖοι, ἐπέων δὲ πολὺς νομὸς ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα.

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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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