# Orationes 96

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (10)ΤΡΩΙΚΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ τοῦ ΙΛΙΟΝ ΜΗ ΑΛΩΝΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/96

καταφανὴς οὖν ἐγεγόνει αὐτῷ διὰ τούτων ἁπάντων εὐάλωτος ὤν, ἅτε δεινῷ τὴν πολεμικὴν τέχνην· ὥστε θαρρῶν ἀπήντησεν αὐτῷ κατὰ μέσον τὸ πεδίον. καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐνέκλινεν ὡς φεύγων, ἀποπειρώμενος αὐτοῦ, ἅμα δὲ κοπῶσαι βουλόμενος, ὁτὲ μὲν περιμένων, ὁτὲ δὲ ἀποφεύγων· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἑώρα βραδύνοντα καὶ ἀπολειπόμενον, οὕτως ὑποστρέψας αὐτὸς ἧκεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν οὐδὲ τὰ ὅπλα φέρειν ἔτι δυνάμενον, καὶ συμβαλὼν ἀπέκτεινε καὶ τῶν ὅπλων ἐκράτησεν, ὡς καὶ τοῦτο Ὅμηρος εἴρηκε. τοὺς δὲ ἵππους διῶξαι μέν φησι τὸν Ἕκτορα, οὐ λαβεῖν δέ, κἀκείνων ἁλόντων.

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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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