# Orationes 9-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (8)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ ΙΣΘΜΙΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/9-4

πολλοὶ δὲ οὐκ εἴων, ἀλλʼ ἠγανάκτουν, καθάπερ Ὅμηρός φησι τὸν Ὀδυσσέα προσπαίζειν τοὺς μνηστῆρας, κἀκεῖνον πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας ἐνεγκεῖν τὴν ἀκολασίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ὕβριν· ὁ δὲ ὅμοιος ἦν ἐν ἅπαντι· τῷ ὄντι γὰρ ἐῴκει βασιλεῖ καὶ δεσπότῃ, πτωχοῦ στολὴν ἔχοντι, κἄπειτα ἐν ἀνδραπόδοις τε καὶ δούλοις αὑτοῦ στρεφομένῳ τρυφῶσι καὶ ἀγνοοῦσιν ὅστις ἐστί, καὶ ῥᾳδίως φέροντι μεθύοντας ἀνθρώπους καὶ μαινομένους ὑπὸ ἀγνοίας καὶ ἀμαθίας.

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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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