# Epistulae 1-839 19.13-15

Libanius, Epistulae 1-839, 19.13 to 19.15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/epistulae-1-839/19.13

ἐπεὶ δὲ πολὺς ἔγκεισαι κω- μῳδῶν ἡμᾶς, ὅτι πρὸς σὲ ἐμνήσθημεν ἀξιώματος, ἴσθι τὸ πᾶν ἀγνοήσας. ἔσχε δὲ ὡδί. ἐμοὶ σχῆμα μὲν ἀρκοῦν οἱ λόγοι, δι’ οὓς οὐδεπώποτε ταπεινότερον ἐμαυτὸν ἡγησάμην ὑμῶν, ὧν ἡ λαμπρότης ὅρκος τοῖς κόλαξι· πρὸς δὲ τὸν βίον ἀφορ- μαὶ τὰ παρ’ αὐτῶν τῶν λόγων μικρὰ μικρῶν δεομένῳ. τίς οὖν ἦν ὁ νοῦς ὧν ἐπέστελλον; Ἰσοκράτης παραινεῖ πεῖραν ποιεῖσθαι τῶν φίλων οὔπω παρούσης ἀνάγκης ὥστε ἀτυχή- σαντι μὴ εἶναι βλάβην καί φησι δεῖν μὴ δεόμενον προσποιεῖ- σθαι τὸ δεῖσθαι. τοιοῦτον ἦν τι καὶ τὸ παρ’ ἐμοῦ· μὴ χρῄζων ἐπήγγελλον. τοιγαροῦν σὺ μὲν οὐκ ἐδίδους, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐγέλων καὶ ζημιούμενος οὐδὲν εὕρισκόν σου τὸν τρόπον.

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Libanius, Epistulae 1-839. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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