# Orationes 77-7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/77-7

καθόλου δέ, ὥσπερ ὅταν τῶν ζώντων τις ἐξετάζηται παρʼ ὑμῖν, ὃν αὐτοὶ μὴ σφόδρα οἴδατε ἢ παντάπασιν ἀγνοεῖτε, τοῖς ἐπισταμένοις αὐτοὺς προσέχετε καὶ τίθεσθε τὴν ψῆφον κατὰ τοὺς μάρτυρας, ἄλλως τε ἂν ὦσιν οὗτοι μὴ πονηροί, ταὐτὸ καὶ νῦν ποιήσατε· ἐπεὶ καὶ περὶ ἀνδρῶν ὁ λόγος ἐστίν,οὕς φασι μηδένα εἰδέναι τῶν ζώντων· παρὰ τῶν ἐγνωκότων αὐτοὺς μάθετε. οἱ τοίνυν τότε ὄντες καὶ σαφέστατα ἐκείνους εἰδότες εὐεργέτας ἡγοῦντο τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῶν μεγίστων ἠξίουν. οἷς οὐ θεμιτὸν ὑμᾶς ἀπιστεῖν, ὑμετέροις γε οὖσι προγόνοις, οὐδὲ φῆσαι πονηρούς.

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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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