# Orationes 58

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (1)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ α.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/58

οἷον ἐν Θρᾴκῃ τινὰ λέγουσιν Ὀρφέα γενέσθαι Μούσης υἱόν, ἄλλον δὲ ποιμένα ἐν ὄρει τινὶ τῆς Βοιωτίας αὐτῶν ἀκοῦσαι τῶν Μουσῶν· ὅσοι δὲ ἄνευ δαιμονίου κατοχῆς καὶ ἐπιπνοίας λόγους τινὰς ὡς ἀληθεῖς παρʼ αὑτῶν ἐκόμισαν εἰς τὸν βίον ἀτόπους καὶ πονηρούς. ἄκουε δὴ τοῦδε τοῦ μύθου σφόδρα ἐγρηγορώς τε καὶ τὸν νοῦν προσέχων, ὅπως διαμνημονεύσας ἀπαγγείλῃς πρὸς ἐκεῖνον, ᾧ φημί σε συμβαλεῖν. ἔστι δὲ περὶ τοῦδε τοῦ θεοῦ, παρʼ ᾧ νῦν ἐσμεν.

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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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