# Orationes 80

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/80

ἵνα δὲ φαίνοιτο μεγαλόφρων, οὐ προσέβλεπε τοὺς προσιόντας, ἀλλʼ ὑπερεώρα καὶ ἠτίμαζεν. ἐκ δὲ τούτου πᾶσιν ἀπηχθάνετο, πάντας δὲ ὑπενόει. καθημένη δὲ ἀτρεμίζειν οὐκ ἐδύνατο, θαμινὰ δὲ κύκλῳ περιέβλεπε καὶ ἀνεπήδα πολλάκις ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου. τὸ δὲ χρυσίον αἴσχιστα ἐφύλαττεν ἐν τοῖς κόλποις, πάλιν δὲ ἐρρίπτει φοβηθεῖσα ἀθρόον, εἶτʼ εὐθὺς ἥρπαζεν ὅ,τι ἔχοι τις τῶν παριόντων καὶ τὸ βραχύτατον.

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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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