# Orationes 74-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (3)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ γ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/74-3

τί γὰρ ἂν ἄλλο τις εἴποι τὸν ἥλιον ἐργάζεσθαι διʼ αἰῶνος ἢ ὁπόσων ἄνθρωποι δέονται; ποιοῦντα μὲν καὶ διακρίνοντα τὰς ὥρας, αὔξοντα δὲ καὶ τρέφοντα πάντα μὲν τὰ ζῷα, πάντα δὲ τὰ φυτά, χορηγοῦντα δὲ τὸ κάλλιστον καὶ ἥδιστον ὁραμάτων, φῶς, οὗ χωρὶς οὐδὲ τῶν ἄλλων ὄφελος οὐδὲν τῶν καλῶν, οὔτε οὐρανίων οὔτε ἐπιγείων, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ τοῦ ζῆν· καὶ ταῦτα οὐδέποτε κάμνει χαριζόμενος.

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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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