# Orationes 87-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/87-4

ἔστι γὰρ ὅμοιον ὥσπερ εἰ οἰκίαν μέν τις ἴδοι πάνυ καλήν, τὸν δὲ δεσπότην αὐτὸν ἀνδράποδον μηδὲ θυρωρεῖν ἄξιον. τῷ παντὶ γὰρ κρεῖττον ἐρημίαν καθορᾶν καὶ δεκαπέντε ἀνθρώπους εὐπόρους ἢ πλῆθος ἀνήριθμον ἀνθρώπων ἀθλίων καὶ μαινομένων, ὥσπερ τινὰκόπρον βαθεῖαν ἐν ταὐτῷ νενημένην ἐκ παντοδαπῶν λυμάτων. οὐδὲ γὰρ πόλιν εἴποι τις ἂν ὀρθῶς τὴν ἐκ τοιούτων, οὐδέ γε χορὸν τοὺς ὁποίους δήποτε συνελθόντας, οὐδὲ στρατόπεδον πάντα ὄχλον.

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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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