# Orationes 1-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (3)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ γ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/1-3

Σωκράτης Ἀθήνησι, πρεσβύτης ἀνὴρ καὶ πένης, ὃν καὶ σὺ γιγνώσκεις ἀκοῇ πρὸ πάνυ πολλῶν ἐτῶν γενόμενον, πυθομένου τινὸς εἰ εὐδαίμονα νομίζοι τὸν Περσῶν βασιλέα, Τυχόν, εἶπεν, εὐδαίμων· οὐκ ἔφη δὲ αὐτὸς εἰδέναι διὰ τὸ μὴ συγγενέσθαι αὐτῷ μηδὲ γιγνώσκειν ὁποῖός ἐστι τὴν διάνοιαν, ὡς οὐκ ἀλλαχόθεν οἶμαιγιγνόμενον τὸ εὐδαιμονεῖν, ἀπὸ χρυσωμάτων ἢ πόλεων ἢ χώρας ἢ ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων, ἑκάστῳ δὲ παρά τε αὑτοῦ καὶ τῆς αὑτοῦ διανοίας.

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Dio Chrysostom, Orationes, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0612.tlg001.local001/.