# Orationes 99-100

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, 99 to 100. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/99

ἐνίοτε μὲν γὰρ ἄρχει καὶ κρατεῖ τῆς ψυχῆς, ἐνίοτε δὲ ἐκείνοις συνέπεται διὰ τὸ πάσης ἐπιθυμίας καὶ σπουδῆς ὑπηρέτην τε καὶ διάκονον ἀπροφάσιστον εἶναι τὸν πλοῦτον. ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ λέγω νῦν τὸν αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον καὶ προεστηκότα τῆς τοῦ δυστυχοῦς ἀνθρώπου διανοίας, οὔτε ἐφʼ ἡδονήντινα οὔτε εἰς δόξαν ἀναφέροντα τὴν τῶν χρημάτων κτῆσιν, οὐδὲ ὡς ἀναλώσοντα καὶ χρησόμενον ξυνάγοντα, ἀνέξοδον δὲ καὶ ἀχρεῖον φυλάττοντα τὸν πλοῦτον τῷ ὄντι, κατάκλειστον ἔν τισι κρυπτοῖς καὶ ἀφεγγέσι θαλάμοις.

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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/.