# Orationes 81-6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/81-6

καὶ μὴν τά γε εἰς τοὺς ἥρωας ἀσεβήματα οὐδʼ ἂν ἀμφισβητήσειεν οὐδεὶς ὡς οὐχὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει τάξιν ἣν τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεούς. τί οὖν; οὐκ ἀδίκημά ἐστι τὸ τὴν μνήμην ἀναιρεῖν; τὸ τὴν τιμὴν ἀφαιρεῖσθαι; τὸ ἐκκόπτειν τὸ ὄνομα; δεινόν γε καὶ σχέτλιον, ὦ Ζεῦ. ἀλλʼ ἐὰν μὲν στέφανόν τις ἀφέλῃ τὸν μίαν ἴσως ἢ δευτέραν μενοῦντα ἡμέραν, ἢ κηλῖδά τινα τῷ χαλκῷ προσβάλῃ, τοῦτον ἡγήσεσθε ἀσεβεῖν· τὸν δὲ ὅλως ἀφανίζοντα καὶ μετατιθέντα καὶ καταλύοντα τὴν δόξαν οὐδὲν ποιεῖν ἄτοπον;

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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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