# Orationes 81-4

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/81-4

ἀέρα γὰρ ἢ πῦρ ἐργάσασθαι καὶ τὴν ἄφθονον πηγὴν ὕδατος ὅσον τε ἐν ἅπασι τούτοις στερεὸν ἕρμα· λέγω δὲ οὐ χρυσοῦ καὶ λίθου, ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ σμικρὰ καὶ φαῦλα, ἀλλὰ τὴν πᾶσαν ἰσχυρὰν καὶ βαρεῖαν οὐσίαν· ἰδίᾳ τε ἕκαστον διακρίνοντα καὶ συμπλέκοντα εἰς γένεσιν ζῴων καὶ φυτῶν, οὐδὲ θεοῖς πᾶσι δυνατὸν ἢ μόνῳ τούτῳ σχεδὸν ὃν πάνυ καλῶς ποιητὴς προσεῖπεν ἕτερος, Δωδωναῖε μεγασθενὲς ἀριστοτέχνα πάτερ.

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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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