# Orationes 69

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/69

βασιλεύει δὲ καὶ ἄρχει τῶν ὁμοφύλων μετʼ εὐνοίας, ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις, καὶ κηδεμονίας, τοῦτο μὲν ἐξηγούμενος νομῆς, τοῦτο δὲ θηρίου φανέντος οὐ φεύγων, ἀλλὰ πάσης τῆς ἀγέλης προμαχόμενος καὶ τοῖς ἀσθενέσι βοηθῶν, προθυμούμενος σῴζειν τὸ πλῆθος ἀπὸ τῶν χαλεπῶν καὶ ἀγρίων θηρίων· ὥσπερ καὶ τὸν ἄρχοντα χρὴ καὶ βασιλέα τῷ ὄντι καὶ τῆς μεγίστης ἐν ἀνθρώποις οὐκ ἀνάξιον τιμῆς.

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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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