# Orationes 48

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/48

ὅτι γε μὴν , φανερῶς αὐτὸς ἀποφαίνεται ποίαν τινὰ δεῖ τὴν τροφὴν εἶναι καὶ πρὸς τί γιγνομένην. ἣν γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ ἐπαινέσαι, μενοεικέα δαῖτά φησιν, τὴν οἵαν τε παρέχειν μένος, τουτέστιν ἰσχύν. ταῦτα δὲ λέγει διδάσκων καὶ παραινῶν , ἐπεὶ τροφῆς γε παντοίας καὶ πολυτελείασοὐκ ἐτύγχανεν ἄπειρος ὤν, ὥστε τοὺς περὶ ταῦτα νῦν ἐπτοημένους Πέρσας καὶ Σύρους καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων Ἰταλιώτας καὶ Ἴωνας μηδὲ ἐγγὺς ἐφικνεῖσθαι τῆς παρʼ Ὁμήρῳ χορηγίας καὶ ἁβρότητος.

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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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