# Orationes 129-2

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (4)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ δ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/129-2

ἀπάτη δὲ καὶ τούτῳ παρέπεται τῷ δαίμονι ἁπασῶν πιθανωτάτη. οὐ γὰρ ὡς ἡ τοῦ φιλαργύρου καὶ φιληδόνου λαμπρὸν μὲν οὐδὲν λόγῳ ἐδύναντο ὑποσχέσθαι, οὐδʼ ὡς ἐπὶ σεμνὰ καὶ λαμπρὰ προήγαγον τοὺς ἀπατωμένους ὑπʼ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ μόνον τὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν αὐτοῖς ὄνομα ἐπεφήμιζον καὶ προσετίθεσαν, οὕτως ἡ τοῦδε ἀπάτη, ἀλλʼ ἐπᾴδουσα καὶ γοητεύουσά φησι φιλόκαλον αὐτὸν εἶναι καὶ ὡς ἐπʼ ἀρετήν τινα ἢ εὔκλειαν ἄγει τὴν δόξαν.

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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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