# Orationes 78-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (4)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ δ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/78-4

καὶ γὰρ δὴ ᾐσθάνετο αὐτὸν νῦν μὲν ἡδόμενον, νῦν δὲ λυπούμενον ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἄκριτον οὖσαν, ὥσπερ τὸν ἀέρα ἐν ταῖς τροπαῖς, ὅταν ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ νέφουσὕῃ τε καὶ λάμπῃ ὁ ἥλιος. συνίει δὲ ὅτι καὶ τοῦ τρόπου κατεφρόνει, ἐν ᾧ διελέγετο πρὸς αὐτόν, ἅτε οὐδέποτε ἀκηκοὼς δεινοῦ λέγειν ἀνδρός, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τῶν σοφιστῶν θαυμάζων λόγους, ὡς ὑψηλούς τε καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεῖς.

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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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