# Orationes 71

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/71

τὸ δεῖν ἀνθρώπων μὲν τῶν ὁμοίων κρείττονα φαινόμενον ἄρχειν, δικαίωσκαὶ κατὰ φύσιν ἔχοντα τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, καὶ τὸ μὲν πλῆθος σῴζειν τῶν ὑπηκόων, προβουλεύοντα καὶ προπολεμοῦντα, ὅταν δέῃ, καὶ φυλάττοντα ἀπὸ τῶν ἀγρίων καὶ παρανόμων τυράννων, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς ἄλλων βασιλέας, εἴ τινες ἄρα εἶεν, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι περὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς καὶ ζητεῖν, εἰ δυνατὸν εἴη, ἐπʼ ὠφελείᾳ τῶν ὅποι ποτὲ ἀνθρώπων κρατεῖν·

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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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