# Orationes 77-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/77-2

τὸν δέ γε ἀνδρεῖον καὶ φιλάνθρωπον καὶ τοῖς ὑπηκόοις εὔνουν καὶ τιμῶντα μὲν τὴν ἀρετὴν καὶ συναγωνιῶντα μή τινος τῶν ἀγαθῶν δόξῃ φαυλότερος, τοὺς δὲ ἀδίκους μετανοεῖν ἀναγκάζοντα, τοῖς δὲ ἀσθενέσιν ἀρήγοντα, τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀγάμενος ὡς τὸ πολὺ μὲν ἄγει πρὸς γῆρας, καθάπερ ἀκούομεν Κῦρόν τε καὶ Δηιόκην τὸν Μῆδον καὶ Ἰδάνθυρσον τὸν Σκύθην καὶ Λεύκωνα καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν Λακωνικῶν βασιλέων καὶ τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πρότερόν τινας·

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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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