Quamquam quid attinet mores natione perpendi? <is> in media barbaria ortus sacrilegium alienum rescidit: Syracusis genitus Dionysius tot sacrilegia sua quot iam recognoscemus iocosis dictis prosequi voluptatis loco duxit: fano enim Proserpinae spoliato Locris, cum per altum secundo vento classe veheretur, ridens amicis videtisne ait quam bona navigatio ab ipsis dis immortalibus sacrilegis tribuatur? detracto etiam Iovi Olympio magni ponderis aureo amiculo, quo eum tyrannus Gelo e manubiis Carthaginiensium ornaverat, iniectoque ei laneo pallio dixit aestate grave esse aureum amiculum, hieme frigidum, laneum autem ad utrumque tempus anni aptius.
And yet why assess manners by nationality? One born in the midst of barbary undid anothers sacrilege. Whereas Dionysius, a native of Syracuse, took pleasure in following up his acts of sacrilege, as many as I shall presently relate, with playful quips. After plundering the temple of Proserpine in Locri, as he sailed the sea with his fleet under a favourable breeze, he said laughing to his friends: Do you see what a fair passage the immortal gods themselves give the sacrilegious? Also, after stripping Olympian Jupiter of his golden garment of great weight, with which the tyrant Gelo had adorned him out of spoils of the Carthaginians, and replacing it with a woollen cloak, he said that a golden mantle was heavy in summer and chilly in winter, whereas a woollen one would be more comfortable in either season.
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