# Orationes 68-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/68-2

ὁ δὲ ταῦρος σαφῶς, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, πρὸς βασιλείαν καὶ βασιλέως εἰκόνα πεποίηται. τροφῇ τε γὰρ ἑτοίμῃ καὶ διαίτῃ χρῆται νεμόμενος, ὥστε μηδὲν δεῖν βιάζεσθαι μηδὲ πλεονεκτεῖν ταύτης ἕνεκεν, ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ τοῖς ὀλβίοις βασιλεῦσιν ἀνελλιπῆ καὶ ἄφθονα ὑπάρχει τὰ τῆς ἀναγκαίου κτήσεως.

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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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