# Orationes 66-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/66-2

ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὐδὲ ἅμιλλαν τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὶ καταλέλοιπεν ἡρώων πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ ὅσον ταῦρος ἀγέλης ὑπερφέρει κατὰ ῥώμην καὶ μέγεθος, τοσοῦτον διαφέρειν φησὶ τὸν βασιλέα, οὕτως λέγων· ἠύτε βοῦς ἀγέληφι μέγʼ ἔξοχος ἔπλετο πάντων ταῦρος· ὁ γάρ τε βόεσσι μεταπρέπει ἀγρομένῃσι· τοῖον ἄρʼ Ἀτρείδην θῆκε Ζεὺς ἤματι κείνῳ, ἐκπρεπέʼ ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἔξοχον ἡρώεσσιν.

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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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