# Orationes 37

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/37

οὐκοῦν, Οὐκοῦν, ἦ δʼ ὃς ὁ Φίλιππος, ἐνταῦθα τὸν Ὅμηρον οὐκ ἂν ἔχοις ἐπαινεῖν. τὰ γὰρ τοῦ Ἀλκίνου βασίλεια, ἀνδρὸς Ἕλληνος καὶ νησιώτου, διεκόσμησεν οὐ μόνον κήποις καὶ φυτοῖς καὶ ὕδασιν, ὡς ἥδιστα ἐνοικεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀγάλμασιχρυσοῖς. ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον τὴν τοῦ Μενελάου οἴκησιν, καὶ ταῦτα ἀπὸ στρατείας ἥκοντος, ἆρʼ οὐ Περσικήν τινα καὶ Μηδικὴν ἐξηγεῖται, σχεδόν τε οὐ πολὺ ἀποδέουσαν Σεμιράμιδος ἢ Δαρείου τε καὶ Ξέρξου τῶν βασιλείων;

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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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