# Orationes 83-2

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (3)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ γ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/83-2

ταῦτα δὴ λογιζόμενος οὐκ ἄχθεται καρτερῶν. κατανοεῖ δὲ τοὺς μὲν πόνους ὑγίειάν τε παρέχοντας καὶ σωτηρίαν ἔτι δὲ δόξαν ἀγαθήν, τὴν δὲ αὖ τρυφὴν ἅπαντα τούτων τἀναντία. ἔτι δὲ οἱ μὲν πόνοι αὑτοὺς ἐλάττους ἀεὶ ποιοῦσι καὶ φέρειν ἐλαφροτέρους, τὰς δὲ ἡδονὰς μείζους καὶ ἀβλαβεστέρας, ὅταν γίγνωνται μετὰ τοὺς πόνους. ἡ δέ γε τρυφὴ τοὺς μὲν πόνους ἀεὶ χαλεπωτέρους ποιεῖ φαίνεσθαι, τὰς δὲ ἡδονὰς ἀπομαραίνει καὶ ἀσθενεῖς ἀποδείκνυσιν.

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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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