# Orationes 79-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (11)Ὀλυμπικὸς ἢ περὶ τῆς πρώτης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐννοίας. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/79-3

βροντῆς γὰρ εἴδωλον ἄφθογγον ἢ κεραυνοῦ εἴκασμα ἀλαμπὲς ἐκ τῶν τῇδε ἐπιγείων μεταλλευμάτων ποῖον ἄν τι καὶ γένοιτο; ἔτι δὲ γῆν σειομένην καὶ κινούμενον Ὄλυμπον ὑπὸ νεύματι βραχεῖ τῶν ὀφρύων ἤ τινα νέφους περὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανον Ὁμήρῳ μὲν εἰπεῖν εὐμαρὲς καὶ πολλὴ πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα ἅπαντα ἐλευθερία, τῇ δέ γε ἡμετέρᾳ τέχνῃ παντελῶς ἄπορον, ἐγγύθεν ἐχούσῃ καὶ σαφῆ τὸν ἔλεγχον τῆς ὄψεως.

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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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