# Orationes 15

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/15

οὐκοῦν λέγωμεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ καθʼ Ὅμηρόν τε καὶ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ βασιλέως· οὗτος γὰρ ὁ λόγος ἁπλῶς λεγόμενος ἄνευ πάσης κολακείας ἢ λοιδορίας αὐτὸς ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ τὸν μὲν ὅμοιον τῷ ἀγαθῷ γνωρίζει τε καὶ ἐπαινεῖ, καθʼ ὅσον ἐστὶν ἐκείνῳ ὅμοιος, τὸν δὲ ἀνόμοιον ἐξελέγχει τε καὶ ὀνειδίζει. ἔστι δὴ πρῶτον μὲν θεῶν ἐπιμελὴς καὶ τὸ δαιμόνιον προτιμῶν· οὐ γὰρ δυνατὸν ἄλλῳ τινὶ πεποιθέναι μᾶλλον τὸν δίκαιον ἄνδρα καὶ ἀγαθὸν ἤ τοῖς δικαιοτάτοις τε καὶ ἀρίστοις θεοῖς.

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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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