# Orationes 14-3

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (7)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΑΡΕΤΗΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/14-3

ἢ σὺ οἴει τούτων τι ὄφελοσεἶναι τῶν τὰς μεγάλας κοιλίας ἐχόντων, οὓς ἐχρῆν περιαγαγόντας καὶ περικαθάραντας ἐκβαλεῖν, μᾶλλον δὲ καταθύσαντας καὶ κατατεμόντας εὐωχεῖσθαι, καθάπερ οἶμαι τὰ τῶν κητῶν κρέα, τοὺς νοῦν ἔχοντας, ἕψοντας ἁλσὶ καὶ θαλάσσῃ, τὴν δὲ πιμελὴν τήξαντας, ὥσπερ ἐν Πόντῳ παρʼ ἡμῖν τὸ τῶν δελφίνων στέαρ, ἀλείφεσθαι τοὺς δεομένους. οἶμαι γὰρ αὐτοὺς τῶν ὑῶν ἥττονα ψυχὴν ἔχειν.

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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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