# Orationes 97-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/97-2

λοιμοῦ δὲ συμβάντος, ὥς φασι, χαλεπωτάτου, καὶ τῶν Θασίων οὐδενὶ τρόπῳ λῆξαι δυναμένων τῆς νόσου, καὶ τελευταῖον χρωμένων, τοὺς φυγάδας αὐτοῖς ἀνεῖπε κατάγειν ὁ θεός. ὡς δὲ πλέον οὐδὲν ἦν ἁπάντων κατεληλυθότων, χρωμένοις αὖθις λέγεται τὴν Πυθίαν οὕτως ἀνειπεῖν· Θεαγένους δʼ ἐλάθεσθε ἐνὶ ψαμάθοισι πεσόντος· κεῖθʼ ὑμῖν ὁ πρὶν μυριάεθλος ἀνήρ. ᾧ καὶ δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὸ πρῶτον οὐχὶ τῶν φυγάδων ἕνεκα τοῦτο ἐχρήσθη καὶ τὸ συμβὰν οὐχ διʼ ἄλλην τινὰ αἰτίαν ἐγένετο.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0612.tlg001.local001/.