# Orationes 135

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/135

πάλιν δὲ ὁ μὲν φιλόδοξος συμβουλεύει καὶ παρακαλεῖ προΐεσθαι τὰ ὄντα τιμῆς ἕνεκεν· ὁ δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοῦτον ἀπομάχεται καὶ ἀντιβαίνει. καὶ μὴν ὅ γε τῆς ἡδονῆς φίλοσκαὶ ὁ τῆς δόξης οὔποτε δύνανται συνᾷσαι οὐδὲ τὸ αὐτὸ εἰπεῖν. ὁ μὲν γὰρ καταφρονεῖ τῆς δόξης καὶ λῆρον ἡγεῖται καὶ τὸ τοῦ Σαρδαναπάλλου προφέρεται πολλάκις ἐλεγεῖον, τόσσʼ ἔχω ὅσσʼ ἔφαγον καὶ ἐφύβρισα καὶ μετʼ ἔρωτος τέρπνʼ ἔπαθον· τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ καὶ ὄλβια πάντα λέλειπται,

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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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