# Orationes 69-4

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/69-4

ὥστε οὐκ ἦν αὐτῷ ἀπορία φοβερῶν ὀνομάτων καὶ ἡδέων, ἔτι δὲ λείων καὶ τραχέων καὶ μυρίας ἄλλας ἐχόντων διαφορὰς ἔν τε τοῖς ἤχοις καὶ τοῖς διανοήμασιν. ὑφʼ ἧς ἐποποιίας δυνατὸς ἦν ὁποῖον ἐβούλετο ἐμποιῆσαιτῇ ψυχῇ πάθος. τὸ δὲ ἡμέτερον αὖ γένος, τὸ χειρωνακτικὸν καὶ δημιουργικόν, οὐδαμῇ ἐφικνεῖται τῆς τοιαύτης ἐλευθερίας, ἀλλὰ πρῶτον μὲν ὕλης προσδεόμεθα, ἀσφαλοῦς μὲν ὥστε διαμεῖναι, πολὺν δὲ ἐχούσης κάματον πορισθῆναί τε οὐ ῥᾳδίας, ἔτι δὲ οὐκ ὀλίγων συνεργῶν.

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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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