# Orationes 12

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (6)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΔΟΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/12

ἀκόλαστοι δὲ ὄντες οὐχ ἥδονται ἀφροδισίοις διὰ τὸ μὴ περιμένειν ὀρέγεσθαι αὐτῶν· ὅθεν ζητοῦσιν ἀχαρίτους καὶ ἀτερπεῖς ἡδονάς. ὁ δὲ λιμῷ μὲν ἐχρῆτο καὶ δίψει πρὸ τῆς τροφῆς ἑκάστοτε, καὶ ἐνόμιζε τοῦτο ἱκανώτατον καὶ δριμύτατοντῶν ὄψων. τοιγαροῦν ἥδιον μὲν προσεφέρετο μᾶζαν ἢ οἱ ἄλλοι τὰ πολυτελέστατα τῶν σιτίων, ἥδιον δὲ ἔπινε τοῦ ῥέοντος ὕδατος ἢ οἱ ἄλλοι τὸν Θάσιον οἶνον.

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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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