The Pleasures Enjoyed by Robbers and Tyrants

Notes

1. §6.34.1Ἡλίκας ἡδονὰς ἥσθησαν — A cognate accusative construction. The noun ἡδονή, accompanied by the adjective ἡλίκος, functions as the accusative object of the passive aorist verb ἥσθησαν (from ἥδομαι, 'to enjoy, feel pleasure').
2. §6.34.1ἥσθησαν — This is an experiential aorist, indicating not just a single past event, but a general truth of what such people 'have routinely enjoyed'.