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Φέρε πρὸς θεῶν, ἐπὶ τίνι μάλιστα θαυμάζειν καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ μέγα φρονεῖν καὶ μακαρίζειν ἄξιον πόλιν ἁπασῶν μεγίστην καὶ δυνατωτάτην; πότερον ἐπὶ νόμων ἀρετῇ καὶ πολιτῶν ἐπιεικείᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ τῶν ἀρχόντων, ἢ ταῦτα μὲν μικρὰ καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξια καὶ ῥᾴδια τοῖς τυχοῦσιν, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπων πλήθει καὶ ἀγορᾶς ἀφθονίᾳ καὶ τῇ πολυτελείᾳ τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων δεῖ μακαρίζειν αὐτὴν καὶ τοῖς Σήρων καὶ Βαβυλωνίων ὑφάσμασι, καὶ ὅτι χρυσῷ τὰς οἰκίας ἐρέπτουσι, καὶ μεστὰ πάντα ἀργύρου καὶ ἠλέκτρου καὶ ἐλέφαντος, ὁποῖα Όμηρος εἴρηκε τὰ Ἀλκινόου καὶ τὰ Μενελάου βασίλεια ὑπερβάλλων τό τε ἀληθὲς καὶ τὸ δυνατὸν σχεδόν, οὕτως ἅπασαν ἠσκημένην τὴν πόλιν: καὶ νὴ Δία ἐπὶ ταῖς γραφαῖς καὶ τοῖς ἀνδριᾶσιν, ὧν οὐδὲν ὤνησε τοὺς πρότερον ἔχοντας, ἀλλὰ παῤ ὧν ἐκεῖνα ἐκομίσθη, τούτους ἴδοι τις ἂν δούλους καὶ ταπεινοὺς καὶ

Dionis Prusaensis quem vocant Chrysostomum quae exstant omnia, Vols I and II. Dio Chrysostom. J. de Arnim. Weidmann. Berlin. 1893. Keyboarding.

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