# Orationes 66

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

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

ὁ δὲ ἀφικόμενος εἰς Θήβας, ἔνθα νέος ὢν ἐτρέφετο Ἡρακλῆς, ἔφραζέν τε ὃς εἴη καὶ παρʼ ὅτου πεμφθείς, καὶ ἄγει λαβὼν αὐτὸν ἄφραστον καὶ ἄβατον ἀνθρώποις ὁδόν, ἕως ἦλθεν ἐπί τινα ὑπεροχὴν ὄρους περιφανῆ καὶ σφόδρα ὑψηλήν, τὰ δὲ ἔξωθεν δεινῶς ἀπότομον κρημνοῖσὀρθίοις καὶ βαθείᾳ φάραγγι ποταμοῦ κύκλῳ περιρρέοντος, πολὺν ψόφον τε καὶ ἦχον ἀναδιδόντος, ὡς τοῖς κάτωθεν ἀναβλέπουσι μίαν ὁρᾶσθαι τὴν ἄνω κορυφήν, τὸ δὲ ἀληθὲς ἦν δίδυμος ἐκ μιᾶς ῥίζης, καὶ πολύ γε ἀλλήλων διεστήκεσαν.

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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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