# Orationes 79-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/79-2

κακῶς δὲ φερομένων τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ καὶ μηδενὸς ἀποβαίνοντος ὧν ἤλπισαν, ἀλλὰ συμμάχων ἐπιρρεόντων ἀεὶ τοῖς Τρωσὶ πλειόνων, λοιμός τε καὶ λιμὸς αὐτοὺς ἐπίεζε καὶ στάσις ἐγένετο τῶν ἡγεμόνων, ὅπερ εἴωθεν ὡς τὸ πολὺ γίγνεσθαι τοῖς κακῶς πράττουσιν, οὐ τοῖς κρατοῦσιν.

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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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