# Orationes 7-5

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (9)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΟΙΚΕΤΩΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/7-5

ἔπειτα, ἔφη, οὐδὲν ἠδίκεις αὐτὸν ἀργὸν ὄντα καὶ ἀμαθῆ τρέφων καὶ ποιῶν ὅτι κάκιστον; ἡ γὰρ ἀργία καὶ τὸ σχολὴν ἄγειν ἀπόλλυσι πάντων μάλιστα τοὺς ἀνοήτους ἀνθρώπους. οὐκοῦν ὀρθῶς συνῆκεν ὑπὸ σοῦ διαφθειρόμενος, καὶ ἀπέδρα δικαίως, ἵνʼ ἐργάζηται δῆλον ὅτι καὶ μὴ σχολάζων τε καὶ καθεύδων καὶ ἐσθίων χείρων ἀεὶ γίγνηται. σὺ δὲ ἴσως οἴει μικρὸν ἀδίκημα εἶναι, ὃς ἄνθρωπον ποιεῖ πονηρότερον, ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ τοῦτον δεῖν πάντων μάλιστα φεύγειν ὡς ἔχθιστον καὶ ἐπιβουλότατον; καὶ ὅς, τί οὖν, ἔφη, ποιήσω; οὐ γὰρ ἔστι μοι ἄλλος οἰκέτης.

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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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