# Orationes 17-10

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (13)ΕΥΒΟΙΚΟΣ ἢ ΚΥΝΗΓΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/17-10

εἰ δέ ποτε ἴδοιεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων τινα ὀψὲ καὶ πρῴ, συνιστάμενοι ὑλάκτουν τε καὶ ἤμυνον, ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ πρὸς ἄνθρωπον ἐμάχοντο. γευόμενοι δὲ τοῦ αἵματος καὶ συῶν καὶ ἐλάφων καὶ τῶν κρεῶν πολλάκις ἐσθίοντες, ὀψὲ μεταμανθάνοντες κρέασιν ἀντὶ μάζης ἥδεσθαι, τῶν μὲν ἐμπιμπλάμενοι, εἴ ποτε ἁλοίη τι , ὁπότε δὲ μή, πεινῶντες, μᾶλλον ἤδη τῷ τοιούτῳ προσεῖχον, καὶ τὸ φαινόμενον ἐδίωκον πᾶν ὁμοίως, καὶ ὀσμῆς ἁμῃγέπῃ καὶ ἴχνους ᾐσθάνοντο, καὶ ἀπέβησαν ἀντὶ βουκόλων τοιοῦτοί τινες ὀψιμαθεῖς καὶ βραδύτεροι θηρευταί.

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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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