# Orationes 8-6

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (9)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΟΙΚΕΤΩΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/8-6

τί δέ, ἔφη, ποιήσεις, ὅταν ἄλλα ὑποδήματα μὴ ἔχῃς, τὰ δὲ ὄντα ἐνοχλῇ καὶ διακόπτῃ τοὺς πόδας; ἆρα οὐχ ὑπολυσάμενος ὅτι τάχιστα ἀνυπόδητος βαδίσεις; ἀλλὰ κἂν αὐτόματον λυθῇ, πάλιν ἐπιδεῖς τε καὶ σφίγγεις τὸν πόδα; καὶ γὰρ δὴ ὥσπερ οἱ ἀνυπόδητοι ἐνίοτε ῥᾷον βαδίζουσι τῶν φαύλως ὑποδεδεμένων, οὕτως πολλοὶ χωρὶς οἰκετῶν ῥᾷον ζῶσι καὶ ἀλυπότερον τῶν πολλοὺς οἰκέτας ἐχόντων.

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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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