# Orationes 43

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (1)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ α.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/43

ἣν ὁ μὲν τιμῶν καὶ φυλάττων καὶ μηδὲνἐναντίον πράττων νόμιμος καὶ θεοφιλὴς καὶ κόσμιος, ὁ δὲ ταράττων ὅσον ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ καὶ παραβαίνων καὶ ἀγνοῶν ἄνομος καὶ ἄκοσμος, ὁμοίως μὲν ἰδιώτης, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἄρχων ὀνομαζόμενος· πολὺ δὲ μείζων καὶ φανερωτέρα πᾶσιν ἡ παρὰ τοῦ ἄρχοντος πλημμέλεια.

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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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