Dio Chrysostom - To the People of Alexandria (audiobook) |
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Dio Chrysostom - 32nd Discourse: To The People of Alexandria
Translation from Loeb Classical Library, 1940 0:14 Preface 1:40 Speech In this oration, Dio criticizes the people of Alexandria as unruly, ignoble and not prone to seriousness. The tirade includes many allusions and stories as well as a variety of insults, judgments, and quotes by Homer, Euripides, Aristophanes, etc... #ancienthistory #ancientrome #ancientegypt #diochrysostom #audibooks #audiobook #alexandria #oratory |