Texte grec :
| [10,30] οἱ δὲ ἀλεκτρυόνες οὐκ ἀγανακτοῦσιν ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐδὲ οἱ κύνες
οὐδὲ τῶν ὄνων οὐδείς, οὐδὲ οἱ Πέρσαι·
καίτοι δοκοῦσι τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἄριστοι. πρὸς δὲ τούτοις
ἐτύφλωσεν αὑτόν· ἔπειτα ἠλᾶτο τετυφλωμένος, ὥσπερ οὐ δυνάμενος
βλέπων πλανᾶσθαι. καὶ ὃς ἀκούσας ἔφη, Σὺ μέν, ὦ Διόγενες,
ἀναισθητότατον ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων ἀποφαίνεις τὸν Οἰδίπουν·
οἱ δὲ Ἕλληνες οἴονται οὐκ εὐτυχῆ μὲν γενέσθαι ἄνθρωπον,
συνετὸν δὲ πάντων μάλιστα·
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Traduction française :
| [10,30] But domestic fowls do not object to such relationships,
nor dogs, nor any ass, nor do the Persians, although they
pass for the aristocracy of Asia. And in addition to all this,
Oedipus blinded himself and then wandered about blind, as
though he could not wander white still keeping his sight."
The other on hearing this replied, " You, Diogenes,
make Oedipus out to be the greatest dullard in the
world; but the Greeks believe that, though he was
not a fortunate man, he was the most sagacious of
all men.
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