# Orationes 66-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (10)ΤΡΩΙΚΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ τοῦ ΙΛΙΟΝ ΜΗ ΑΛΩΝΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/66-4

εἰ δὲ μή, τίς ἂν ἠνέσχετο αὐτῶν ἢ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἢ ὁ πατὴρ τῶν ἄλλων πολιτῶνἀπολλυμένων καὶ πάσης κινδυνευούσης ἀναστάτου γενέσθαι τῆς πόλεως διὰ τὴν ἐκείνου παρανομίαν, ἐξὸν ἀποδόντας τὴν Ἑλένην σῶσαι αὑτούς; οἱ δὲ καὶ ὕστερον, ὥς φασιν, Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀποθανόντος, κατεῖχον αὐτὴν καὶ Δηιφόβῳ συνῴκιζον, ὡς μέγιστον ἀγαθὸν ἔχοντες ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ φοβούμενοι μὴ καταλίποι αὑτούς.

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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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