d?? ta?ta d? d??e?? a?t? ?a? t?? µ???? ???e?? ?? t?? ???µ???a ??????? ? ?e?? 
d?? t?? e??es?? ?a? µet?d?s?? t?? p????, ?? ????? t??t? ?a? ?f??µ?? t???
?????p??? µa?a??a? ?a? t??f??. ?? ??? d? t?? ??a µ?se?? t??? ?????p??? ??d? 
f???e?? a?t??? ??a??? t????.
 

And the reason, in his opinion, why the myth says that Zeus punished Prometheus 
for his discovery and bestowal of fire was that therein lay the origin and beginning of 
man's softness and love (p265) of luxury; for Zeus surely did not hate men or grudge 
them any good thing.

Trad. anglaise : J.W. COHOON - H. Lamar CROSBY, Dio Chrysostom.  
Vol. II. London, Heinemann, 1939