# Orationes 65

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/65

ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐώρα βουλόμενον ἄρχειν αὐτόν, οὐ τῶν ἡδονῶν οὐδὲ τῶν πλεονεξιῶν ἐπιθυμοῦντα, ὧν ἕνεκεν οἱ πολλοὶ τούτου ἐρῶσιν, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἂν δύνηται πλεῖστα καὶ πλείστους εὖ ποιεῖν, ἐπιστάμενος αὐτοῦ γενναίαν οὖσαν τὴν φύσιν, ὅμως δὲ ὑπονοῶν ὅσον ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ θνητόν, καὶ ὅτι πολλὰ παραδείγματα ἐν ἀνθρώποις πονηρὰ τρυφῆς καὶ ἀκολασίας καὶ πολλοὶ παρατρέπουσιν ἄκοντα τὸν πεφυκότα ὀρθῶς ἔξω τῆς αὑτοῦ φύσεώς τε καὶ γνώμης, ταῦτα λογιζόμενος Ἑρμῆν ἔπεμψε, κελεύσας ἃ δεῖ ποιεῖν.

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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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