# Orationes 72

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/72

θεοῖς γε μὴν τοῖς ἀμείνοσιν ἕπεσθαι, καθάπερ οἶμαι νομεῦσιν ἀγαθοῖς, καὶ τὴν κρείττω καὶ μακαριωτέραν φύσιν προτιμᾶν, δεσπότας αὑτοῦ καὶ ἄρχοντας νομίζοντα ἐκείνους, καὶ τοῦ μεγίστου καὶ πρώτου βασιλέως θεοῦ κτῆμα ἀποφαίνοντα τιμιώτατον πρῶτον μὲν αὑτόν, ἔπειτα τοὺς ἄλλους τοὺς ὑπʼ αὐτῷ τεταγμένους.

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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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