# Orationes 7-12

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (16)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/7-12

ὥσπερ οὖν εἰ συνελθόντες οἱ κάμνοντες εἶτʼ ἐπὶ τὸν ἰατρὸν ἐπεκώμαζον καὶ κωθωνίζεσθαι ἠξίουν, οὐκ ἂν αὐτοῖς κατʼ ἐλπίδα τὸ πρᾶγμα ἀπήντησεν, ἀλλʼ ἴσως ἠγανάκτουν πρὸς τὴν ὑποδοχήν, ταὐτό μοι πεπονθέναι δοκοῦσιν οἱ πολλοὶ ξυνιόντες ἐπὶ τὸν τοιοῦτον καὶ λέγειν κελεύοντες, ἄγευστοι δῆλον ὅτι τῶν τῆς ἀληθείας ὄντες λόγων, ἔπειθʼ ἡδύ τι καὶ προσηνὲς ἀκούσεσθαι προσδοκῶντες.

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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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