# Orationes 18-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/18-2

οὐ γάρ εἰμι ἔμπειρος αὐτοῦ τῆς διανοίας. ἀλλὰ νῦν, ἔφη, γνώσῃ καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν· ἥκω γὰρ ἐπʼ αὐτὸ τοῦτο, ἐμαυτόν τε παρέξων σοι καταμαθεῖν καὶ σὲ ὀψόμενος. ἀλλὰ χαλεπῶς, ἔφη, με ἂν ἴδοις, ὥσπερ τὸ φῶς οἱ τὰ ὄμματα ἀσθενεῖς. τόδε δέ μοι εἰπέ, σὺ ἐκεῖνος εἶ Ἀλέξανδρος, ὃν λέγουσιν ὑποβολιμαῖον; καὶ ὃς ἀκούσας ἠρυθρίασε μὲν καὶ ὠργίσθη, κατέσχε δʼ ἑαυτόν· μετενόει δέ, ὅτι εἰς λόγους ἠξίωσεν ἐλθεῖν ἀνδρὶ σκαιῷ τε καὶ ἀλαζόνι, ὡς αὐτὸς ἐνόμιζεν.

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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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