# Orationes 72-3-73

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, 72 to 73. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/72-3

καὶ μὴν τά γε ἡμέτερα τῆς τέχνης ἀναγκαῖα μέτρα πλήθους τε πέρι καὶ μεγέθους· τοῖς δὲ ποιηταῖς ἔξεστι καὶ ταῦτα ἐφʼ ὁποσονοῦν αὐξῆσαι. τοιγαροῦν Ὁμήρῳ μὲν ῥᾴδιον ἐγένετο εἰπεῖν τὸ μέγεθος τῆς Ἔριδος, ὅτι οὐρανῷ ἐστήριξε κάρη καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ βαίνει· ἐμοὶ δὲ ἀγαπητὸν δήπουθεν πληρῶσαι τὸν ὑπὸ Ἠλείων ἢ Ἀθηναίων ἀποδειχθέντα τόπον. σὺ μὲν οὖν φήσεις, ὦ σοφώτατε τῶν ποιητῶν Ὅμηρε, πολὺ τῇ τε δυνάμει τῆς ποιήσεως καὶ τῷ χρόνῳ προέχων, σχεδὸν πρῶτος ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς Ἕλλησι τῶν τε ἄλλων ἁπάντων θεῶν καὶ δὴ τοῦ μεγίστου θεῶν πολλὰς καὶ καλὰς εἰκόνας, τὰς μέν τινας ἡμέρους, τὰς δὲ φοβερὰς καὶ δεινάς.

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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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