# Orationes 81-7

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (15)πρὸς ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/81-7

τοῦτο μὲν οὖν τοιοῦτον παράδειγμα κακίας καὶ ἀνοίας ὅμοιος ἐκ τῶν τοιούτων ἀνθρώπων τοῖς παρʼ ὑμῖν ʽπλὴν ὅτι μάχεσθαί γε οὐδεὶς ἱκανός ἐστιν οὐδὲ ἀριστεύειν οὐδὲ αἱρεῖν πόλεις, ὡς ἐκεῖνοσʼ ὑμῶν δὲ οὐδεὶς ἐν τῇ θέᾳ καθέστηκεν, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον πέτεσθε τῶν ἵππων καὶ τῶν ἡνιόχων, καὶ γελοίως ἐλαύνετε καὶ ἡνιοχεῖτε καὶ διώκετε καὶ ἡγεῖσθε καὶ πίπτετε. τοιγαροῦν οὐ κακῶς τις παρεποίησε τῶν σαπρῶν τούτων ποιητῶν·

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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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