# Orationes 98-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/98-4

καὶ μηδεὶς ἐκεῖνο ὑπολάβῃ· τί οὖν; ἡμεῖς τοὺς ἀνδριάντας ἀφανίζομεν ἢ ῥιπτοῦμεν; ἀλλʼ ἀτιμάζετε ἐκείνους ὧν εἰσι καὶ ἀφαιρεῖσθε τοὺς ἔχοντας, ὅπερ καὶ τότε δεινὸν ἔδοξε τῷ θεῷ· ἐπεὶ τοῦ χαλκοῦ οὐκ εἰκὸς ἦν φροντίσαι αὐτόν. μὴ τοίνυν τοῦ Θασίου μὲν ἡγεῖσθε ὑβρισθέντος οὕτως ἀγανακτῆσαι τὸ δαιμόνιον, τῶν δὲ παρʼ ὑμῖν τετιμημένων μηδένα θεοφιλῆ εἶναι μηδὲ ἥρωα.

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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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