# Orationes 95-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/95-4

μὴ οὖν καὶ ὑμεῖς κατὰ ζῆλον τὸν ἐπʼ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἔλεγε Διὸς υἱὸς εἶναι. μᾶλλον δʼ ἴσως οὐχ Ἡρακλεῖ προσέοικεν ὑμῶν ὁ δῆμος, ἀλλὰ Κενταύρῳ τινὶ ἢ Κύκλωπι πεπωκότι καὶ ἐρῶντι, τὸ μὲν σῶμα ἰσχυρῷ καὶ μεγάλῳ, τὴν δὲ διάνοιαν ἀμαθεῖ. πρὸς τοῦ Διὸς οὐχ ὁρᾶτε ὅσην ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ὑμῶν πεποίηται τῆς πόλεως ἐπιμέλειαν; οὐκοῦν χρὴ καὶ ὑμᾶς ἀντιφιλοτιμεῖσθαι καὶ τὴν πατρίδα κρείττω ποιεῖν, μὰ Δίʼ οὐ κρήναις οὐδὲ προπυλαίοις· εἰς ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ οὐ δύνασθε ὑμεῖς ἀναλίσκειν οὐδʼ ἂν ὑπερβάλοισθέ ποτε οἶμαι τῆν ἐκείνου μεγαλοψυχίαν· ἀλλʼ εὐταξίᾳ, κόσμῳ, τῷ δεικνύειν ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς σώφρονας καὶ βεβαίους. οὕτως γὰρ ἂν οὔτʼ ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγονόσι μετανοήσειε καὶ πλείονα ὑμᾶς ἀγαθὰ ἐργάσεται. καὶ ἴσως ἂν αὐτῷ καὶ τῆς ἐνθάδε ἀφίξεως παράσχοιτε πόθον.

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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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