# Orationes 46-47

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, 46 to 47. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/46

καὶ ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος, Σοί, ἔφη, ὡς ἔοικεν, οὐ δοκεῖ βασιλεὺς εἶναι οὐδὲ ὁ μέγας βασιλεύς; καὶ ὁ Διογένης μειδιάσας, Οὐ μᾶλλον, εἶπεν, ὦ Ἀλέξανδρε, ἢ ὁ σμικρὸς δάκτυλος. οὐδʼ ἄρα ἐγώ, ἔφη, καταλύσας ἐκεῖνον μέγας βασιλεὺς ἔσομαι; οἰ τούτου γε ἕνεκα, εἶπεν ὁ Διογένης. οὐδὲ γὰρ τῶν παίδων ὁ νικήσας, ὅταν παίζωσιν, ὡς αὐτοί φασι, βασιλέας, τῷ ὄντι βασιλεύς ἐστιν. οἱ μέντοι παῖδες ἴσασιν ὅτι ὁ νενικηκὼς καὶ λεγόμενος βασιλεὺς σκυτοτόμου υἱός ἐστιν ἢ τέκτονος, καὶ δεῖ μανθάνειν αὐτὸν τὴν τοῦπατρὸς τέχνην· ὁ δὲ ἀποδρὰς παίζει μεθʼ ἑτέρων,

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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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