# Oratio I 173

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 173. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/173

καὶ μαντικῇ μὲν οἷδα χάριν, ἥ μοι τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐν πρᾳ- οτέροις κατέστησεν, ὅτῳ τε χρηστέον καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ, φράζουσα, τὴν κεφαλὴν δ’ ἂν ἀπετεμνόμην, ὡς δεινότερον ὄν του ἀπολωλέναι τὸ ταύτῃ σεσῶσθαι. ἥ τις ἧκεν ἐπὶ Ἀδελφειόν, ὃς θεῖον μέν τι τὴν φιλίαν ἡγεῖτο, καρτερεῖν δὲ πρὸς ἀνάγκας οὐκ εἶχε καὶ ὡμο- λόγει γέ τοι τοῦτο καὶ ὁμολογῶν ᾐσχύνετο.

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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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