# Orationes 13

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (1)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ α.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/13

οὐχ ὥστε ἀκολασταίνειν καὶ σπαθᾶν, ἀνοίας καὶ ὕβρεως καὶ ὑπερηφανίας καὶ πάσης ἀνομίας ἀποπιμπλάντα ἐξ ἅπαντος αὑτοῦ τὴν ψυχὴν τεταραγμένην ὀργαῖς τε καὶ λύπαις καὶ φόβοις καὶ ἡδοναῖς καὶ παντοίαις ἐπιθυμίαις, ἀλλʼ ὡς οἶόν τε προσέχοντα τὸν νοῦν αὑτῷ καὶ τοῖς ὑπηκόοις, νομέα καὶ ποιμένα τῷ ὄντι τῶν λαῶν γιγνόμενον, οὐχ ἑστιάτορα καὶ δαιτυμόνα, ὡς ἔφη τις. ἐν ἄλλοις δὲ οὐδὲ καθεύδειν αὐτὸν ἀξιοῖ διʼ ὅλης τῆς νυκτός, ὡς οὐκ οὖσαν αὐτῷ σχολὴν ῥᾳθυμεῖν.

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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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