# Orationes 77-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/77-3

ἐπεὶ δὲ δεῖται μὲν ἀλέας ἡ γῆ ὥστε γεννῆσαι τὰ φυόμενα καὶ ὥστε αὐξῆσαι καὶ ὥστε ἐπιτελέσαι, δεῖται δὲ τὰζῷα καὶ σωτηρίας ἕνεκα τῶν σωμάτων καὶ ἡδονῆς τῆς κατὰ φύσιν, δεόμεθα δὲ πάντων μάλιστα ἡμεῖς, ἅτε πλείστης χρῄζοντες βοηθείας, θέρος ἐποίησεν ἀεὶ μᾶλλον, ἐγγυτέρω προσιὼν τῆς ἡμετέρας οἰκήσεως, ἵνα πάντα μὲν φύσῃ, πάντα δὲ θρέψῃ, πάντα δὲ τελειώσῃ, θείαν δὲ καὶ θαυμαστὴν παράσχῃ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις εὐφροσύνην τε καὶ ἑορτήν.

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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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