# Orationes 60

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (2)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ β.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/60

χορεύματα δὲ καὶ χοροὺς ἀνάλογον τούτοις οὐ σφαλλομένους οὐδὲ ἀκρατεῖς, ἀλλὰ ὡς οἷόν τε ἰσχυροὺς καὶ σώφρονας ἐπάγειν ἐν καθεστῶτι ῥυθμῷ· ὄρχησίν γε μὴν τὴν ἐνόπλιον, τὴν γιγνομένην τοῖς θεοῖς ἀπαρχὴν ἅμα καὶ μελέτην τῶν πολεμικῶν, ἧς φησιν ὁ ποιητὴς καὶ τὸν Μηριόνην ἔμπειρον εἶναι· τῶν γὰρ Τρώων τινὰ πεποίηκε λέγοντα, Μηριόνη, τάχα κέν σε καὶ ὀρχηστήν περ ἐόντα ἔγχος ἐμὸν κατέπαυσε διαμπερές, εἴ σʼ ἔβαλόν περ.

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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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