# Orationes 72-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/72-2

εἰ δʼ οὖν, ὡς πολεμήσοντες μετὰ τῆς αὑτῶν δυνάμεως; οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ Θησέα μὲν ἦλθον εὐθύς, ἄνδρα Ἕλληνα καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἄριστον, ἔτι δὲ αὐτόν τε πολλῶν ἄρχοντα καὶ Ἡρακλέους ἑταῖρον καὶ Πειρίθου καὶ Θετταλοὺς καὶ Βοιωτοὺς ἔχοντα συμμάχους· ἐπὶ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρον οὐκ ἂν ἦλθον, ἀλλὰ τοὺς Ἀτρείδας περιέμενον δέκα ἔτη συλλέγοντας τὴν δύναμιν. ἴσως γὰρ εἰκὸς ἦν καὶ αὐτὸν ἀφικέσθαι τὸν Τυνδάρεων καὶ μηθὲν αὐτὸν κωλῦσαι τὴν ἡλικίαν.

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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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