# Oratio I 222

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 222. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/222

καὶ ὁ Ζεὺς ἐρρύετο τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐκείνου τὴν ἑορτὴν <τὴν> ἑαυτοῦ. καὶ ἐτύγχανεν αὐτῷ τὴν δάφνην φόνῳ τε πολλῷ καὶ αἵματι μιάνας. καί μοι ἐδόκουν αὐτόν, ὥσπερ κύνες ὑλακτοῦ- σᾶι, φεύγειν καταναγκάζειν αἰ τῶν <ὑπ’> αὐτοῦ πε- σόντων ψυχαί, δόξαν ἀεὶ παρέχουσαι δήξεσθαι. τού τῶν οὐχ ὑπῆρξέ μοι τῶν Ὀλυμπίων μετασχεῖν, ὅτε δὴ καὶ τὸν λόγον ὃν ὕφηνα μέν, οὐκ ἐπέδειξα δέ,. φέρων ἀνέθηκα τῷ Διί, στύρακος ἅμα ὀσμῇ θεραπεύ- σὰς τὸν θεόν.

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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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