# Oratio I 237

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 237. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/237

καί ποτε θέρος μὲν ἦν καὶ μεσημβρία, καὶ ἐκαθήμην ὑφ’ ᾧπερ εἰώθειν κίονι, τῷ Δημοσθένει προσκείμενος, παρῆν δὲ οὐδείς, οὐκ ἐλεύθερος, οὐ δοῦλος. ὁ δὲ ἦλθέ τε ὡς ἐμέ, καὶ ὁ λίθος ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ. προσελθὼν δὴ ταῖς μεγάλαις θύραις, αἱ <οὐκ> ἐκέκλειντο καὶ δι’ ἦν τἄνδον ἰδεῖν, ἐπειδὴ εἶδεν ἔνδον ὄντα οὐδένα, ἀπῆλθε τὴν αὐτὴν μετὰ τοῦ λίθου, καὶ ταῦτα αὐτὸς ἑώρων οὐ κινηθείς, ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἤνεγκεν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν θεῶν του κεκωλυκότος. ἢ οὐκ ἂν πληγῆς εἰς θάνατον ἐδεήθην δευτέρας, τοσοῦτος ἦν ὁ λίθος.

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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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