# Oratio I 227

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 227. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/227

ὡς δὲ εἷπον δεῖν θαρρεῖν ἐκβαλόντας τὸ δέος καὶ ἧκεν οὗτος εἰς τὰ ὄρη τε καὶ τὰς νάπας ὁ λόγος, ἦσαν πρὸ ἐσπέρας ἐν τοῖς αὑτῶν ἕκαστος, καὶ πρᾶγμα οὐκ ἂν ἐλπισθὲν ἕωθεν ἑωρᾶτο, δρόμος οὐδεὶς ἐπ’ ἄρτους· αἴτιον δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν. τοῦτο μετὰ τῆς Τύχης πεπρᾶχθαί μοι φαίην ἄν. διὸ τῶν λελειτουργηκότων χρησιμώτερος ἐκεκρίμην τῇ πόλει· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἐν σωζομένῃ πεποιῆσθαι τῇ πόλει τὴν δαπάνην, ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ δὲ αὐτὴν σεσῶσθαι.

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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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