# Orationes 71-5

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/71-5

φέρε τοίνυν, εἴ τις ἔροιτο τὸν στρατηγὸν ὑμῶν ἐφεστῶτα καὶ κελεύοντα ἐκχαράττειν τὴν ἐπιγραφήν, ἕτερον δʼ ἐγγράφειν, τί ἐστι τὸ γιγνόμενον; ἦ νὴ Δία πέφηνέ τι δεινὸν εἰργασμένος τὴν πόλιν τοσούτοις ἔτεσιν ὕστερον οὗτος ἁνήρ; πρὸς τοῦ Διὸς οὐκ ἂν ὑμῖν δοκεῖ διατραπῆναι, καὶ ταῦτα ἐὰν ᾖ μέτριος; ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οἶμαικαὶ τὸν τεχνίτην ἐρυθριάσειν. εἰ δὲ δὴ παῖδες ἢ συγγενεῖς τινες παρατύχοιεν τἀνδρὸς ἐκείνου, πόσα οἴεσθε ἀφήσειν αὐτοὺς δάκρυα, ἐπειδὰν ἄρξηταί τις ἀφανίζειν τὸ ὄνομα;

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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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