# Oratio I 244

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 244. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/244

οὔπω δὲ τοῦτο, ὅτε ταῦτα ἔγραφον, ἐπεπόνθειν, θαρρῆσαι δὲ ὑπὲρ τοῦ μέλλοντος οὐ παρῆν. καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτό μοι τὸ μήπω παρὰ τῶν θεῶν, οἱ διὰ μάντεως με αἷμα οὐκ εἴων ἐξάγειν φλέβα τεμόντα, καίτοι σφόδρα γε ὡρμη- κότα. ἔλεγε δὲ ὁ | ἰατρός, εἰ ταῦτα ἐγεγόνει, διὰ τοῦ ῥυέντος αἵματος ἰσχὺν λαβόντος τοῦ ῥεύματος ἡττη- θεῖσαν τὴν κεφαλὴν πάντως ἄν με καὶ καταβαλεῖν.

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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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