# Orationes 10-2

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (2)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ β.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/10-2

πολύ γε μᾶλλον, εἶπεν ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος, τὰ παρʼ Ὁμήρῳ γεωργικά. καὶ ποῦ περὶ γεωργίας εἴρηκεν Ὅμηρος; ἤρετο ὁ Φίλιππος, ἤ τὰ ἐν τῇ ἀσπίδι μιμήματα λέγεις τῶν ἀρούντων καὶ θεριζόντων καὶ τρυγώντων; ἥκιστά γε, εἶπεν ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος, ἀλλὰ ἐκεῖνα πολὺ μᾶλλον· οἱ δʼ ὥστʼ ἀμητῆρες ἐναντίοι ἀλλήλοισιν ὄγμον ἐλαύνωσιν ἀνδρὸς μάκαρος κατʼ ἄρουραν πυρῶν ἢ κριθῶν· τὰ δὲ δράγματα ταρφέα πίπτει· ὥς Τρῶες καὶ Ἀχαιοὶ ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι θορόντες δῄουν, οὐδʼ ἕτεροι μνώοντʼ ὀλοοῖο φόβοιο.

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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.
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