# Orationes 50-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/50-3

περὶ δὲ τῆς εὐδαίμονός τε καὶ θείας καταστάσεως τῆς νῦν ἐπικρατούσης χρὴ διελθεῖν ἐπιμελέστερον.πολλαὶ μὲν οὖν εἰκόνες ἐναργεῖς καὶ παραδείγματα οὐκ ἀμυδρὰ τῆσδε τῆς ἀρχῆς, ἔν τε ἀγέλαις καὶ σμήνεσι διασημαινούσης τῆς φύσεως τὴν κατὰ φύσιν τοῦ κρείττονος τῶν ἐλαττόνων ἀρχὴν καὶ πρόνοιαν· οὐ μὴν φανερώτερον οὐδὲ κάλλιον ἕτερον ἂν γένοιτο τῆς τοῦ παντὸς ἡγεμονίας, ἣ ὑπὸ τῷ πρώτῳ τε καὶ ἀρίστῳθεῷ ΤΑ περὶ τοῦ ΔΙΟΣ

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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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