# Orationes 83

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/83

ὡς δὲ καὶ ταῦτα ἱκανῶς τεθέατο, πυνθάνεται αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἑρμῆς πότερα αὐτὸν ἀρέσειε τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ ποτέρα τῶν γυναικῶν. ἀλλὰ τὴν μὲν ἑτέραν, ἔφη, θαυμάζω καὶ ἀγαπῶ, καὶ δοκεῖ μοι θεὸς ἀληθῶς εἶναι, ζήλου καὶ μακαρισμοῦ ἀξία, ταύτην δὲ τὴν ὑστέραν ἐχθίστην ἔγωγε ἡγοῦμαι καὶ μιαρωτάτην, ὥστε ἥδιστα ἂν αὐτὴν ὤσαιμι κατὰ τούτου τοῦ σκοπέλου καὶ ἀφανίσαιμι. ταῦτʼ οὖν ἐπῄνεσεν ὁ Ἑρμῆς καὶ τῷ Διὶ ἔφρασεν.

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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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