# Orationes 34

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/34

τί δέ; εἶπεν ὁ Φίλιππος, ὦ παῖ, πάνυ γὰρ ἡδέως ἀκούω σου τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγοντος, οὐδὲ οἴκησιν ἀξιοῖς κατεσκευάσθαι τὸν βασιλέα πρὸς ἡδονὴν κεκοσμημένην χρυσῷ καὶ ἠλέκτρῳ καὶ ἐλέφαντι τοῖς πολυτίμοις; οὐδαμῶς, εἶπεν, ὦ πάτερ, πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον σκύλοις τε καὶ ὅπλοις πολεμίων ἀνδρῶν· καὶ τά γε ἱερὰ τοιούτοις κόσμοις ἱλάσκεσθαι καθάπερ ὁ Ἕκτωρ ἠξίου, προκαλούμενος τὸν ἄριστον τῶν Ἀχαιῶν· ὅτι κρατήσας τὸ μὲν σῶμα ἀποδώσει τοῖς συμμάχοις, τὰ δὲ ὅπλα, ἔφη, σκυλεύσω, καὶ κρεμόω ποτὶ νηὸν Ἀπόλλωνος ἑκάτοιο.

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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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