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Orationes 13.34-35
Dio Chrystostom
ὡς τό γε νῦν τὸ μέγεθος αὐτῆς ὕποπτον καὶ οὐ πάνυ ἀσφαλές. ὅσῳ γὰρ ἄν, ἔφην, πλείων ἥ τε ἀνδρεία καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἡ σωφροσύνη γίγνηται παρ᾿ ὑμῖν, τοσούτῳ ἔλαττον ἔσται τό τε ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ ἐλεφάντινα σκεύη καὶ τὰ ἠλέκτρινα καὶ κρύσταλλος καὶ θύον καὶ ἔβενος καὶ ὁ τῶν γυναικῶν κόσμος καὶ τὰ ποικίλματα καὶ αἱ βαφαί, καὶ ξύμπαντα ἁπλῶς τὰ νῦν ἐν τῇ πόλει τίμια καὶ περιμάχητα, ἐλαττόνων αὐτῶν δεήσεσθε· ὅταν δὲ ἐληλυθότες ἦτε ἐπ᾿ ἄκρον ἀρετῆς, οὐδενός
Text Category: Literature: prose
Century Range: 1st century CE
Location: Bithynia: Prusa
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