# Orationes 88-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/88-2

εἶθʼ ὅποι μηδὲ τοὺς κακὸν δράσαντας ἐάνπερ καταφύγωσιν ἔθος ἐστὶν ἀδικεῖν, τοὺς εὐεργέτας οὐ δεινὸν ἐὰν φαινώμεθα ἀδικοῦντες; καὶ τὴν ἀσυλίαν, ἣν παρέχουσι τοῖς φαύλοις οἱ τοιοῦτοι τόποι, μόνοις, ὡς ἔοικε, τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς οὐ δυνήσονται παρέχειν; ἀλλʼ ἐὰν μὲν θυμιατήριόν τις ἀλλάξῃ τῶν ἔνδον κειμένων ἢ φιάλην, ἱερόσυλος οὐχ ἧττον νομισθήσεται τῶν ὑφαιρουμένων· ἐὰν δὲ εἰκόνα ἀλλάξῃ καὶ τιμήν, οὐθὲν ἄτοπον ποιεῖ;

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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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