# Orationes 70

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/70

ἐνίοτέ γε μὴν ἄλλης ἀγέλης ἐπιφανείσης ἀγωνίζεται πρὸς τὸν ἐκείνης ἡγεμόνα νίκης ἕνεκα, ὡς κρείττω μὲν αὐτὸν δόξαι, κρείττω δὲ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀγέλην. καὶ μὴν τό γε ἀνθρώποις μὴ πολεμεῖν, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἀφρόνων ζῴων ἡγεμονικώτατόν τε καὶ ἄριστον πεφυκότα ὅμως προσίεσθαι τὴν τοῦ κρείττονος ἡγεμονίαν, ἰσχύι μὲν καὶ θυμῷ καὶ βίᾳ μηδενὸς ἡττώμενον μηδὲ ὑπείκοντα, λογισμῷ δὲ καὶ φρονήσει ἑκόντα ὑποταττόμενον, πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ τοῦτο θείη τις ἂν παίδευμα καὶ δίδαγμα βασιλικὸν τῶν σωφρόνων βασιλέων,

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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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