# Graecarum affectionum curatio 12.49

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/12.49

Οὕτως ἀνέδην ἐλάγνευεν. Τούτου Κράτης ὁ Θηβαῖος τὸν βίον ἐζήλωσε καὶ πολλαῖς μὲν εὐφημίαις τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐστεφάνωσεν· αὐτοῦ γὰρ δὴ ὅδε ὁ λόγος· ἡδονῇ ἀνδραποδώδει ἀδούλωτοι καὶ ἄκαμπτοι ἀθάνατον βασιλείαν ἐλευθερίαν τ' ἀγαπῶσιν. Οὗτος εἰώθει λέγειν, τῆς εἰς τὰ ἀφροδίσια ὁρμῆς κατάπλασμα λιμὸν εἶναι, εἰ δὲ μή, βρόχον. Ἀλλὰ τοῦ πάθους ἐπαναστάντος, Ἱππαρχίαν τὴν Μαρωνεῖτιν δημοσίᾳ ἔγημε καὶ τὰ κυνογάμια ἐν τῇ Ποικίλῃ ἐτέλεσεν, ἐρρῶσθαι πολλὰ φράσας τῇ ὑψηγορίᾳ τῶν λόγων.

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Graecarum affectionum curatio. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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