# Orationes 83-3

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/83-3

οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸν Ἥφαιστον Ὅμηρος ἐν ἄλλοις πεποίηκενἐπιδεικνύμενον τὴν ἐμπειρίαν, ἀλλὰ τεχνίτην μὲν θεὸν εὐπόρησεν ἐπὶ τὸ τῆς ἀσπίδος ἔργον, ὕλην δὲ ἑτέραν οὐκ ἐφίκετο εὑρεῖν. φησὶ γὰρ οὕτω· χαλκὸν δʼ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλεν ἀτειρέα κασσίτερόν τε καὶ χρυσὸν τιμῆντα καὶ ἄργυρον. ἀνθρώπων μὲν οὖν ἔγωγε οὐδενὶ παραχωρήσαιμʼ ἂν κρείττονα ἐμοῦ ποτε γενέσθαι περὶ τὴν τέχνην, αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ Διί, δημιουργοῦντι τὸν ἅπαντα κόσμον οὐ χρὴ ξυμβάλλειν οὐδένα θνητόν.

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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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