# Oratio I 127

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 127. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/127

μᾶλλον μὲν οὖν ἢ πρόσθεν ἠγάπησεν ὑπὲρ πατρίδος ὥσπερ ὅπλα θέμενον τοὺς λόγους, ὕπατον δὲ αὑτὸν ἀποδεικνὺς αἰσθανόμε- νός τε τῶν τε ἤδη παρόντων τῶν τε ἡξόντων μυρίους σὺν ᾠδαῖς σφίσι παραστησομένων κελεύει μοι τιμῆσαι λόγῳ τὴν ἑορτὴν· ἐγὼ δὲ ἑτέρων εἶναι τοὖργον εἰπὼν κατὰ θατέραν φωνὴν οὐκ ἤργουν, ὡς μηδένα μηδὲν ἱερὸν δόξαι λέγειν, μηδ’ ὃς λαμπρῶν ἀπολελαύκει θο- ρύβων.

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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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