# Oratio I 28

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/28

δεόμενος δὴ συμμάχου τε καὶ φίλου παραστησομένου τε καὶ θαρρυνοῦντος ἐγγύθεν οὐκ ἔμελλε [τοῦτον] δὴ τὸν τοιοῦτον ζητήσειν ὄντος ἐμοῦ, καὶ εἰπόντος δὴ τό τε αὑτοῦ πάθος ὅτου τε χρῄζοι, πρὸς μὲν τῆς ὁδοῦ τὸ μῆκος, οἶμαι, κατώ- κνουν, ἐνίκα δὲ ὅμως ἡ φιλία τὸν ὄκνον, καὶ ἅμα ἐνε- νόουν, ὡς εἴ του φαινοίμην ἐν συνουσίαις ἐπιδεής, ἐκ τῆς αὖθις ἐπὶ ταῦτα πορείας | ἀπολογήσομαι.

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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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