# Orationes 64-5

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (16)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/64-5

τί γὰρ ὑμῖν ὀνύχων ἔδει, τί δὲ τριχῶν; ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ χειρῶν ἴσως οὐδὲ ποδῶν. αἰδοῖα μόνον ὑμᾶς ἔδει ποιῆσαι καὶ γαστέρας καὶ τροφὴν παραθεῖναι καὶ τἄλλα, ὧν ἔστιν ἀπολαύειν. εἰ δὲ ἦν δυνατὸν παρὰ τῶν γυναικῶν προσλαβεῖν τὰ ἕτερα, δῆλον ὅτι παντελῶς τότʼ ἂν ἦμεν εὐδαίμονες, οὐ καθάπερ νῦν ἐνδεεῖς ὄντες, ἀλλʼ ὁλόκληροί τινες καὶ κατὰ φύσιν ἀνδρόγυνοι.

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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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