# Orationes 6-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/6-2

τῶν μὲν γὰρ πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἰδιωτῶν ὀλίγος ὁ δαίμων καὶ μόνου τοῦ ἔχοντος· ὅτου δʼ ἄν παμπληθεῖς μὲν ὑπακούωσι πόλεις, πάμπολλα δὲ ἔθνη κυβερνᾶται διὰ τῆς γνώμης, ἀνήριθμα δὲ φῦλα ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἄμικτα ἀλλήλοις ἀποβλέπῃ πρὸς τὴν φρόνησιν, πάντων οὗτος ἀνθρώπων γίγνεται σωτὴρ καὶ φύλαξ, ἄνπερ ᾖ τοιοῦτος. τοῦ γὰρ πάντων ἄρχοντος καὶ κρατοῦντος ἡ μὲν φρόνησις ἱκανὴ καὶ τοὺς ἄφρονας ὠφελεὶν· βουλεύεται γὰρ ὁμοίως ὑπὲρ πάντων.

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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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