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μόνον εἰ μὴ βασιλεὺς γένοιτο τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν. μόνου δ᾽ ἴσωσοὐκ ἂν ὑπερεῖδε τοῦ Διός, ὅτι βασιλέα καλοῦσιν αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνθρωποι:
ὅθεν καὶ ἐκόλαζεν αὐτὸν ὁ Διογένης πάντα τρόπον. ἔφη
οὖν, ὦ Διόγενες, σὺ μέν μοι παίζειν δοκεῖς: ἐγὼ δὲ ἂν Δαρεῖον
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ἕλω καὶ ἔτι τὸν Ἰνδῶν βασιλέα, οὐδέν με κωλύσει τῶν πώποτε βασιλέων
μέγιστον εἶναι. τί γὰρ ἐμοὶ λοιπόν ἐστι κρατήσαντι Βαβυλῶνος
καὶ Σούσων καὶ Ἐκβατάνων καὶ τῶν ἐν Ἰνδοῖς πραγμάτων;
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