# Orationes 19-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/19-2

ὁ οὖν Διογένης καταμαθὼν αὐτὸν τεταραγμένον, ἐβουλήθη μεταβαλεῖν αὐτοῦ τὴν ψυχήν, ὥσπερ οἱ παῖδες τοὺς ἀστραγάλους. εἰπόντος δὲ αὐτοῦ, Πόθεν δέ σοι ἐπῆλθεν ἡμᾶς ὑποβολιμαίους εἰπεῖν; ὁπόθεν, ἔφη, καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου ἀκούω ταῦτα περὶ σοῦ λέγειν. ἢ οὐκ Ὀλυμπιάς ἐστιν ἡ εἰποῦσα ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ Φιλίππου τυγχάνεις γεγονώς, ἀλλʼ ἐκ δράκοντος ἢ Ἄμμωνος ἢ οὐκ οἶδα ὅτου ποτὲ θεῶν ἢ ἀνθρώπων ἢ θηρίων; καίτοι οὕτως ὑποβολιμαῖος ἂν εἴης.

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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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