# Orationes 86-2

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (10)ΤΡΩΙΚΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ τοῦ ΙΛΙΟΝ ΜΗ ΑΛΩΝΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/86-2

τῇ δʼ ὑστεραίᾳ τῷ μὲν Ἀγαμέμνονι χαρίζεταί τινα ἀριστείαν ἀνόνητον καὶ τῷ Διομήδει καὶ τῷ Ὀδυσσεῖ , καὶ τὸν Αἴαντά φησι μάχεσθαι προθύμως, εὐθὺς δὲ τοὺς Τρῶας ἐπικρατῆσαι καὶ τὸν Ἕκτορα ἐλαύνειν ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχος τῶν Ἀχαιῶν καὶ τὰς ναῦς. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν λέγων δῆλός ἐστιν ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγει καὶ τὰ γενόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν πραγμάτων προαγόμενος· ὅταν δὲ αὔξῃ τοὺς Ἀχαιούς, πολλῆς ἀπορίας μεστός ἐστι καὶ πᾶσι φανερὸς ὅτι ψεύδεται· τὸν μὲν Αἴαντα δὶς κρατῆσαι τοῦ Ἕκτορος μάτην, ὁτὲ μὲν τῇ μονομαχίᾳ, πάλιν δὲ τῷ λίθῳ, τὸν δὲ Διομήδην τοῦ Αἰνείου, μηδὲ τούτου μηδὲν πράξαντος, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἵππους μόνον λαβόντος, ὅπερ ἦν ἀνεξέλεγκτον.

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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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