# Orationes 39

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (3)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ γ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/39

οὐκ οἶδα, ὦ ἄριστε, εἰ νομίμως καὶ δικαίως τούτων ἁπάντων προέστηκεν καὶ τοιοῦτος ὢν ὁποῖον εἴρηκα πολλάκις·εἰ μὲν γὰρ εὐγνώμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος καὶ νόμιμος ὢν ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ καὶ τῷ συμφέροντι τῶν ἀρχομένων ἐπιμελεῖται, αὐτὸς πρῶτος εὐδαίμων ὤν, καθάπερ εἶπον, καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις μεταδιδοὺς τῆς αὑτοῦ εὐδαιμονίας, οὐ δίχα θεὶς τό τε αὑτοῦ καὶ τὸ τῶν ἀρχομένων συμφέρον, ἀλλὰ τότε χαίρων μάλιστα καὶ τότε νομίζωνἄριστα πράττειν, ὅταν ὁρᾷ καλῶς πράττοντας τοὺς ἀρχομένους, δυνάμει τε μέγιστός ἐστιν καὶ βασιλεὺς ἀληθῶς·

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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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