# Orationes 74-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/74-2

τὸν δὲ πρᾷον μὲν ταῖς ἑπομέναις βουσίν, εὔψυχον δὲ καὶ ἄφοβον πρὸς τὰ θηρία, σεμνὸν δὲ καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῆ καὶ δυνατὸν φυλάττειν καὶ προηγεῖσθαι τῆς ἀγέλης, τοῖς δέ γε νομεῦσιν εἴκοντα καὶ πειθόμενον, ἐῶσι μέχρι γήρως ὑστάτου, κἂν ἤδη βαρύτερος τὸ σῶμα γένηται.

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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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