# Orationes 55

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/55

τοῦτο δὲ βεβαιοῖ τὸ δόγμα οὐχ ἥκιστα χαριζόμενος αὑτῷ. τήν τε τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπιμέλειαν οὐ πάρεργον οὐδὲ ἀσχολίαν ἄλλως νενόμικεν, βαρυνόμενος οἶμαι τὰς φροντίδας, ἀλλὰ ἔργον αὑτοῦ καὶ τέχνην ταύτην. καὶ ὅταν μὲν ἄλλο τι ποιῇ, οὐδὲν ἡγεῖται σπουδαῖον οὐδὲ τῶν αὑτοῦ πράττειν· ὅταν δὲ ἀνθρώπους ὠφελῇ, τότε νομίζει τὸ προσῆκον ἀποτελεῖν, ἅτε ὑπὸ τοῦ μεγίστου θεοῦ ταχθεὶς ἐπὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον, ᾧ ἀπειθεῖν οὐ θέμις οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ἄχθεσθαι.

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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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