# Orationes 77

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (1)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ α.. Ancient Greek.

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

καὶ δὴ πρῶτον μὲν αὐτῷ τὰ περὶ τὴν εἴσοδον ἐδείκνυεν, ὡς μία μὲν ἐφαίνετο πρόδηλος, καὶ αὐτὴ σχεδὸν, ὁποίαν πρότερον εἶπον, ἐπισφαλὴς καὶ παρʼ αὐτὸν φέρουσα τὸν κρημνόν, πολλαὶ δὲ ἄδηλοικαὶ ἀφανεῖς διαδύσεις, καὶ κύκλῳ πᾶς ὑπόνομος ὁ τόπος καὶ διατετμημένος ὑπʼ αὐτὸν οἶμαι τὸν θρόνον, αἱ δὲ πάροδοι καὶ ἀτραποὶ πᾶσαι πεφυρμέναι αἵματι καὶ μεσταὶ νεκρῶν. διὰ δὲ τούτων οὐδεμιᾶς ἦγεν αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ ἔξωθεν καθαρωτέραν, ἅτε οἶμαι θεατὴν ἐσόμενον.

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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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