# Orationes 67-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/67-2

τοῦτο δὲ οὐχ ἁπλῶς εἴρηκεν, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ μόνον ἐπαινῶν καὶ ἐπιδεῖξαι βουλόμενος· οὕτω μὲν γὰρ δὴ καὶ λέοντι παραβαλὼν καλῶς ἂν αὐτὸν ἐδόκει ἀφομοιῶσαι· τὸ δὲ ἥμερον τῆς φύσεως ἐνδεικνύμενος καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀρχομένων προθυμίαν. ὁ γὰρ ταῦρος οὐκ ἔστι τῶν γενναίων μόνον ζῴων οὐδὲ αὑτοῦ χάριν χρῆται τῇ ἀλκῇ, καθάπερ ὅ τε λέων καὶ σῦς οἵ τε ἀετοί, διώκοντες τὰ λοιπὰ ζῷα καὶ κρείττους γιγνόμενοι τροφῆς ἕνεκα τῆς αὑτῶν· διὸ δὴ καὶ μᾶλλον ἄν τις αὐτοὺς φαίη τυραννίδος παράδειγμα ἢ βασιλείας γεγονέναι.

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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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