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The Philosophical Review Volume 1 (1892)
edited by Jacob Gould Schurman
Summary: Praechter - Dion Chrysostomos als Quelle Julians by Anonymous
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Dion Chrysostomos als Quelle Julians. K. Praechter. Ar. f. G. Ph., V, 1, pp. 42-51.

P. attempts to show that the Emperor Julian, especially in his second speech, had Dion Chrysostomos before him. The Sophists and poets praise external show and mere success in arms (Jul. Or. 2. 76, b); Sokrates, on the contrary, says that it is not the rulers able to cut through Athos and bridge the sea, who are happy; only the virtuous are happy (p. 79, af). The parallel to this, with mention of Athos and bridging the sea, occurs in Dion, Or. 3. 44. 12 ff. A throne brings no happiness to the wicked; he only experiences the fate of Phaethon (83, cf seqq.}. Dion (Or. 1. 10. 19 ff.) employs the Phaethon myth in the same way. Jul. Or. 2. 85 c, shows plainly the use of Dion, Or. 4. 82. Further, Julian's second speech, 86 a—92 d, contains a description of the character of the true king. Dion, Or. 1. 4 and Or. 3. 43, gives a description which furnishes a model for Julian. The true ruler is, according to Jul. Or. 2. 86 d, φιλόπολις καὶ φιλοστρατιώτης; according to Dion, Or. 1. 6. 29, he is φιλοπολίτης καὶ φιλοστρατιώτης. Julian demands (89, c f) that the king shall have nothing to do with the punishment of offences to which a death penalty attaches. His sword shall not be wielded to the destruction of a citizen, just as amongst the bees the queen has no sting. The bee-queen is employed similarly by Dion, Or. 4. 75. 14 f.