# Orationes 88-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/88-3

οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸ τοῦ Ξέρξου στράτευμα λαμπρὸν ἦν, πλὴν εἰ μή τι διορύττειν ἢ διασκάπτειν ἢ τοιοῦτον ἕτερον ἔργον πράττειν·οὐδὲ ἡ τῶν Τρώων πόλις εὐδαίμων, ὅτι πονηρῶν καὶ ἀκολάστων ὑπῆρξε πολιτῶν. καίτοι μεγάλη τε καὶ ἔνδοξος ἦν· ἀλλʼ ὅμως ὁ τῆς Ἰθάκης πολίτης ἐπόρθησεν αὐτήν, τῆς μικρᾶς καὶ ἀδόξου σφόδρα οὖσαν εὐρύχωρον. φοβοῦμαι δὴ μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπόλησθε παραπλησίως, εἰ καὶ ψυχρότερόν ἐστιν εἰπεῖν ὅτι κἀκείνην ὑπὸ ἵππου τινὸς φθαρῆναι λέγεται· πλὴν οἱ μὲν ἴσως ὑφʼ ἑνός, ὑμεῖς δὲ ὑπὸ πλειόνων ἑαλώκατε.

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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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