# Orationes 49-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (10)ΤΡΩΙΚΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ τοῦ ΙΛΙΟΝ ΜΗ ΑΛΩΝΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/49-3

ἐλθόντα δὲ μετὰ πολλοῦ πλούτου καὶ παρασκευῆς ὡς ἐπὶ μνηστείαν, καὶ διαφέροντα κάλλει, εἰς λόγους αὐτὸν καταστῆναι Τυνδάρεῴ τε καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς τῆς Ἑλένης, λέγοντα περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς τῆς Πριάμου καὶ τῶν χρημάτων τοῦ πλήθους καὶ τῆς ἄλλης δυνάμεως, καὶ ὅτι αὑτοῦ γίγνοιτο ἡ βασιλεία· τὸν δὲ Μενέλαον ἰδιώτην ἔφη εἶναι· τοῖς γὰρ Ἀγαμέμνονος παισίν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐκείνῳ τὴν ἀρχὴν προσήκειν· καὶ ὡς θεοφιλὴς εἴη καὶ ὡς ἡ Ἀφροδίτη αὐτῷ ὑπόσχοιτο τὸν ἄριστον γάμον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις· αὐτὸς οὖν προκρῖναι τῆν ἐκείνου θυγατέρα, ἐξὸν αὐτῷ λαβεῖν ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας τινά, εἰ βούλοιτο, εἴτε τοῦ Αἰγυπτίων βασιλέως εἴτε τοῦ Ἰνδῶν.

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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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