# Orationes 17

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/17

ἐνταῦθα ὁ Φίλιππος γελάσας, Οὐκ ἀνδρειοτέρα μόνον, ἔφη, ὦ παῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολεμικωτέρα. ἐμοὶ γοῦν οὐ παύεται πολεμοῦσα. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἅμα σπουδῇ ἐπαιξάτην. πάλιν δὲ ἤρετο αὐτὸν ὁ Φίλιππος, Ἀλλὰ τὸν Ὅμηρον οὕτω σφόδρα, ὦ Ἀλέξανδρε, θαυμάζων, πῶς ὑπερορᾷς αὐτοῦ τὴν σοφίαν; ὅτι, ἔφη, καὶ τοῦ Ὀλυμπίασι κήρυκος ἥδιστʼ ἂν ἀκούοιμι φθεγγομένου μέγα καὶ σαφές, οὐ μέντοι κηρύττειν ἐβουλόμην αὐτὸς ἑτέρους νικῶντας, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον κηρύττεσθαι.

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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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