# Oratio I 113

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 113. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/113

βουληθεὶς δὴ τῶν πόλεων εἰς τὰς ἀρίστας ἀφικέσθαι τὸν λόγον, οὕτω γὰρ ἂν καὶ ἐπὶ πάσας ἐλθεῖν, τρέπει μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦτο τῶν βι- βλογράφων δέκα. τούτων δὲ ἐνὶ χρυσὸν δείκνυσιν ὁ σοφιστὴς καὶ διαφθείρας μετ’ ἐκείνου τὴν παροιμίαν κοινὰ τὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ποιησάμενος καὶ ῥήματα τὰ πολλὰ μὲν εἰς χώραν τὴν ἀλλήλων μεταθεὶς, σμικρὰ δὲ ἄττα ἐμβαλὼν καλεῖ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ χωρίον παραλυθέντα τῆς ἀρχῆς, ὡς δὴ τὸ ἴσον οἰσόμενον.

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Libanius, Oratio I, ed. Richard Foerster. 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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