# Oratio I 200

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 200. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/200

καὶ ἦν πάντα τὰ πρὸ τοῦ δοκοῦντα ὑπέρδεινα μικρά τε καὶ κοῦφα πρὸς τοῦτο ἐξεταζόμενα, καὶ οὐδὲν ὧν ἔπραττον, ἄνευ δακρύων ἐπράττετο, ἐπεὶ καὶ γων μοι δεικνυμένων, ἦν γὰρ ἀνάγκη, μετὰ τῆς φωνῆς ἔρρει τὰ δάκρυα, καὶ ἐθαύμαζέ γε οὐδείς, οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἦν ὃς οὐχ ὅθεν ταῦτα ἦν, ἠπίστατο. δάκρυα ἐν τρῷ, συμβουλὴ γὰρ ἦν ἰατρικῆς λουτρόν, δάκρυα ἐν δείπνῳ· τοῦ γὰρ δὴ πρὶν συνδειπνοῦντος ἀπεστερήμην συνόντος ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης, παρὰ τῆς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ νυκτὸς τῇ νυκτὶ παραδεδομένου.

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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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