# Orationes 32-9

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (17)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/32-9

καίτοι κυβερνήταις εἴ τις λέγοι ὥστε ζητεῖν ἐξ ἅπαντος ἀρέσκειν τοῖς ἐπιβάταις, καὶ κροτουμένοις ὑπʼ αὐτῶν, ὅπως ἂν ἐκεῖνοι θέλωσιν, οὕτως κυβερνᾶν, οὐ μεγάλου τινὸς αὐτοῖς δεήσει χειμῶνος, ὥστε ἀνατρέψαι. πολλάκις γοῦν ἄγροικος ἄνθρωπος ναυτιῶν ἢ γύναιον, ἐὰν ἴδῃ πέτρας, γῆν ἑωρακέναι δοκεῖ καὶ λιμένα, καὶ δεῖται προσσχεῖν.

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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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