# Orationes 25

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/25

ἢ σὺ οἴει τὸν ἀδύνατον ἡνιοχεῖν ἡνίοχον εἶναι τοῦτον; ἢ τὸν ἄπειρον τοῦ κυβερνᾶν κυβερνήτην, ἢ τὸν οὐκ ἐπιστάμενον ἰᾶσθαι ἰατρόν; οὐκ ἔστιν. καθάπερ οὖν οὐκ ἔστι κυβερνᾶν μὴ κυβερνητικῶς, οὕτως οὐδὲ βασιλεύειν μὴ βασιλικῶς, οὐδʼ ἂν πάντες φῶσιν Ἕλληνες καὶ βάρβαροι καὶ πολλὰ διαδήματα καὶ σκῆπτρα καὶ τιάρας προσάψωσιν αὐτῷ, καθάπερ τὰ περιδέραια τοῖς ἐκτιθεμένοις παιδίοις, ἵνα μὴ ἀγνοῆται.

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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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