# Orationes 51-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/51-3

μόνου δʼ ἴσωσοὐκ ἂν ὑπερεῖδε τοῦ Διός, ὅτι βασιλέα καλοῦσιν αὐτὸν · ὅθεν καὶ ἐκόλαζεν αὐτὸν ὁ Διογένης πάντα τρόπον. ἔφη οὖν, ὦ Διόγενες, σὺ μέν μοι παίζειν δοκεῖς· ἐγὼ δὲ ἂν Δαρεῖον ἕλω καὶ ἔτι τὸν Ἰνδῶν βασιλέα, οὐδέν με κωλύσει τῶν πώποτε βασιλέων μέγιστον εἶναι. τί γὰρ ἐμοὶ λοιπόν ἐστι κρατήσαντι Βαβυλῶνος καὶ Σούσων καὶ Ἐκβατάνων καὶ τῶν ἐν Ἰνδοῖς πραγμάτων;

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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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