# Orationes 78-2-79

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, 78 to 79. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/78-2

ἐὰν δὲ τὸ τῆς εἱμαρμένης ἀναγκαῖον ἐπείγῃ πρὸ τοῦ γήρως, ἀλλʼ οὖν μνήμης γε ἀγαθῆς καὶ παρὰ πᾶσιν εὐφημίας εἰς τὸν ἀεὶ χρόνον ἠξίωσε, καθάπερ, εἶπεν ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος, τὸν ἡμέτερον πρόγονον, τὸν νομισθέντα τοῦ Διὸς διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν Ἡρακλέα. ταῦτα δὲ ἀκούσας ὁ Φίλιππος, ἡσθείς, Οὐ μάτην, εἶπεν, Ἀλέξανδρε, περὶ πολλοῦ ποιούμεθα τὸν Ἀριστοτέλη, καὶ τὴν πατρίδα αὐτῷ συνεχωρήσαμεν ἀνακτίζειν, Στάγειρα τῆς Ὀλυνθίας οὖσαν. ὁ γὰρ ἀνὴρ ἄξιος πολλῶν καὶ μεγάλων δωρεῶν, εἰ τοιαῦτά σε διδάσκει περί τε ἀρχῆς καὶ βασιλείας εἴτε Ὅμηρον ἐξηγούμενος εἴτε ἄλλον τρόπον.

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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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