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title: "Declamations and Orations: Oration 22 (Informal Talk)"
title_greek: "Μελέται καὶ Λόγοι, Λαλιά"
author: Himerius the Sophist
eul_wid: siy-ay
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# Declamations and Orations: Oration 22 (Informal Talk)

*Μελέται καὶ Λόγοι, Λαλιά*

**Author:** Himerius the Sophist

**eul_wid:** `siy-ay` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/himerius-declamations-orations-oration-22-siy-ay)

## Text

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

`22`

Λαλιά.

Ὅταν αἱ Μοῦσαι καθʼ Ἑλικῶνα χορεύωσι, πάντα μοι ἠχῆς ἐμπίμπλανται. ἠχεῖ μὲν τέττιξ, καὶ ἀναμιμνήσκει τὸν μῦθον τῷ μέλει, ὅτι ἐγώ, φησίν, ὢν ἄνθρωπος ᾖδον ἀεί, καὶ ἐπειδὴ τὴν φύσιν ἤμειψα, οὐ συναφῆκα τῷ βίῳ τὸν πόθον. ἀηδόνων δὲ καὶ χελιδόνων γένη, ἔτι δὲ κύκνων ἀγέλαι, περὶ τὰς θεὰς χορεύουσιν.

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