# Orationes 62

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/62

τοῦτο δὲ οὕτως λέγουσιν, ὅτι ἐκεῖνος οὔτε χρυσίον οὔτε ἀργύριον οὔτε ἐσθῆτα περὶ πολλοῦ ἐποιεῖτο, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα πάντα ἐνόμιζε τοῦ μηδενὸς ἄξια, πλὴν ὅσον δοῦναι καὶ χαρίσασθαι. πολλοῖς γοῦν οὐ μόνον χρήματα ἄπειρα καὶ γῆν καὶ ἀγέλας ἵππων καὶ βοῶν, ἀλλὰ βασιλείας καὶ πόλεις ὅλας ἐδωρήσατο. ἐπίστευε γὰρ αὑτοῦ πάντα εἶναι καὶ οὐδὲν ἀλλότριον, προσγίγνεσθαι δὲ τοῖς δοθεῖσι τὴν εὔνοιαν τῶν λαβόντων.

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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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