# Orationes 29-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/29-2

τυχὸν δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο ἱκανὸς Ὅμηρος. ἦ γάρ, εἶπεν ὁ Φίλιππος, πρὸς κιθάραν συμφωνῆσαί τινά σοι δοκεῖ ἂν τῶν Ὁμήρου; καὶ ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος γοργὸν ἐμβλέψας ὥσπερ λέων, Ἐγὼ μέν, εἶπεν, ὦ πάτερ, οἶμαι πρέπειν πολλὰ τῶν Ὁμήρου ἐπῶν πρὸς σάλπιγγα ᾅδεσθαι,μὰ Δίʼ οὐ τὴν ἀνακαλοῦσαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐποτρύνουσαν καὶ παρακελευομένην, οὐχ ὑπὸ γυναικείου χοροῦ λεγόμενα ἢ παρθένων, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ φάλαγγος ἐνόπλου, πολὺ μᾶλλον ἢ τὰ Τυρταίου παρὰ τοῖς Λάκωσιν.

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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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