# Orationes 50-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (4)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ δ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/50-4

ἐπεπόνθει γὰρ τοὐναντίον ἤ φησιν Ὅμηρος τὸν Ἀχιλλέα νεκρὸν πεπονθέναι. ἐκεῖνος μὲν γὰρ ἔλεγεν ὅτι ζῶν βούλοιτο θητεύειν ἀνδρὶ παρʼ ἀκλήρῳ, ᾧ μὴ βίοτος πολὺς εἴη, ἢ πᾶσιν νεκύεσσι καταφθιμένοισιν ἀνάσσειν· ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος δοκεῖ μοι ἑλέσθαι ἂν καὶ τοῦ τρίτου μέρους τῶν νεκρῶν ἄρχειν ἀποθανὼν ἢ ζῆν τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον θεὸς γενόμενος, εἰ μὴ βασιλεὺς γένοιτο τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν.

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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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