# Oratio I 254

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 254. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/254

θέατρα δὲ ἡμῖν, οὐχ οἷα πρότερον, ἄρχων τε καὶ οὓς τότε συνῆγε πολλοὺς ἀπὸ πολλῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν. τὸ δὲ αἴτιον, ἐν μὲν τῷ δουλείαν ἐνεώρων, τὸ δ’ εἶχεν ἐλευθερίαν, καὶ τὸ μὲν φίλους, τὸ δὲ καὶ οὐ | φίλους, ζημίαν τῷ λέγοντι.

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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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