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title: "Declamations and Orations: Oration 18 (To the First Student from Cappadocia)"
title_greek: "Μελέται καὶ Λόγοι, Εἰς τὸν Πρῶτον ἐκ Καππαδοκίας αὐτοῦ ἀκροασάμενον"
author: Himerius the Sophist
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# Declamations and Orations: Oration 18 (To the First Student from Cappadocia)

*Μελέται καὶ Λόγοι, Εἰς τὸν Πρῶτον ἐκ Καππαδοκίας αὐτοῦ ἀκροασάμενον*

**Author:** Himerius the Sophist

**eul_wid:** `siy-au` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/himerius-declamations-orations-oration-18-siy-au)

## Text

Part of [Declamations and Orations](/works/himerius-declamations-orations-siy-ac)

`18`

Εἰς τὸν πρῶτον ἐκ Καππαδοκίας αὐτοῦ ἀκροασάμενον.

Οὐδὲ ὑπὲρ Ἴστρον αὐτὸν καὶ Τάναϊν, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν καὶ θάλατταν ἦλθεν ὁ Σκύθης ὑπὲρ τοῦ βέλους ὀχούμενος· λόγος δὲ ἄρα τὸ βέλος Ἀπόλλωνος ...

Καὶ ποταμὸς ἐκεῖ μῦθον ἔχων ἀκοῆς Ἑλλήνων ἄξιον. ἦλθεν ἐπʼ Ἰνδοὺς ὁ Διόνυσος, γένος τὴν Διονύσου χάριν ἀρνούμενον· ἦν δὲ ὁ μὲν στρατὸς Βάκχαι καὶ Σάτυροι, τὰ δὲ ὅπλα, νεβρίδες καὶ θύρσοι. οἱ δὲ ἄρα ὁμοῦ τε εἶδον τὸν θεὸν καὶ ᾕρηντο· καὶ τὰ ὅπλα ῥίψαντες· χορὸς οἱ τέως μαχόμενοι τῷ Διονύσῳ καθίσταντο. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐν ὅροις Καππαδοκῶν ἦσαν ἀγόμενοι, σκηνοῦσι μὲν ἐπὶ τῷ χείλει τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ᾧ καὶ δώσειν τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ἤμελλον· δεῆσαν δὲ τοῖς νάμασι λούσασθαι, ἀμείβεται μὲν ὁ ποταμὸς καὶ τὸ ἀργυροῦν ὕδωρ Ἰνδοῖς ὁμιλῆσαν μελαίνεται· οἱ δὲ ὅπερ ἦσαν αὐτοί, τοῦτο καὶ εἶναι καὶ καλεῖσθαι τὸν ποταμὸν ἀπεργάζονται ...

Ἐντεῦθεν ἄγει τὸν νεανίσκον ἡ φήμη ...

Ὁ δὲ ἡμέτερος πλοῦτος οὐ χρυσός τις Γυγάδας ἢ Λύδιος, ἀλλά τινες παῖδες ἡβῶντες μὲν τὴν ὥραν καὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν ἀκμάζοντες, σοβαροὶ μὲν ἰδεῖν καὶ ὑψαύχενες, ἅτε ἐκ μέσων Διὸς στέρνων γεινάμενοι ...

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