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A modern reconstruction of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, topic of the oration.. The Olympic Oration or On Man's First Conception of God (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπικὸς ἢ περὶ τῆς πρώτης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐννοίας, romanized: Olympikos ē peri tēs protēs tou theou ennoias, Oration 12 in modern corpora) is a speech delivered by Dio Chrysostom at the Olympic games ...
Olympic Oration or Olympian Oration may refer to: Olympic Oration, a mostly lost speech by Gorgias; Olympic Oration, Oration 33 by Lysias; Olympic Oration or On Man's First Conception of God, Oration 12 by Dio Chrysostom
Olympic Oration or On Man's First Conception of God; Olynthiacs; On a Wound by Premeditation; On the Chersonese; On the Crown; On the False Embassy; On the Halonnesus; On the Liberty of the Rhodians; On the Murder of Eratosthenes; On the Navy Boards; On the Peace
A Spartan spectator to Diagoras of Rhodes, a former Olympic champion himself, during the 79th Olympiad, when his two sons became Olympic champions and carried him around the stadium on their shoulders. Κοινὰ τὰ φίλων. Koinà tà phílōn. "The things of friends are common"
Methodius's "Oration on Simeon and Anna" is sometimes quoted as an example of early Christian veneration of Mary as the ever-virgin Mother of God. Unfortunately the work is not genuine, but belongs to the 5-6th century AD. [16] Hail to you forever, virgin Mother of God, our unceasing joy, for unto you do I again return. . . .
The Passing of Peregrinus or The Death of Peregrinus (Greek: Περὶ τῆς Περεγρίνου Τελευτῆς; Latin: De Morte Peregrini) is a satire by the Syrian Greek writer Lucian in which the lead character, the Cynic philosopher Peregrinus Proteus, takes advantage of the generosity of Christians and lives a disingenuous life before burning himself at the Olympic Games of 165 AD.
Diogenes or On Virtue (Ancient Greek: Διογένης ἢ περὶ ἀρετῆς, romanized: Diogenēs e peri aretēs, Oration 8 in modern corpora) is a speech delivered by Dio Chrysostom between AD 82 and 96, [1] which is presented as a speech delivered by the Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope at the Isthmian Games.
Diogenes or the Isthmian Oration (Ancient Greek: Διογένης ἢ Ἰσθμικός, romanized: Diogenēs e Isthmikos, Oration 9 in modern corpora) is a short speech delivered by Dio Chrysostom between AD 82 and 96, [1] which describes the behaviour of the Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope at the Isthmian Games.