# Oratio I 53

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 53. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/53

ἐγὼ δὲ ἐῴκειν ἀνδρὶ κατακεκλιμένῳ πρὸς πηγαῖς τε διαφανῶν ὑδάτων καὶ ὑπὸ δένδρων παντοίας ὑπερ- αιωρούντων χάριτας, ἐστεφανωμένῳ τε καὶ συνεχῶς εὐωχουμένῳ κατὰ τὸν Αἰγύπτιον ἐκεῖνον, ὃς ἐσοφίσατο μακρὸν αὑτῷ τὸν βραχὺν γενέσθαι χρόνον. ἐποίει δέ μοι τὰς ἡδονὰς οὐ τὸ ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν, τὸ δὲ τὰ τῶν λόγων εὖ καὶ καλῶς χωρεῖν καὶ τὸ τὰς Ἀθήνας τῆς Βιθυνίας καταβοᾶν, ὥσπερ γεωργοὶ γεωργῶν ῥύακος ἀρχαίου κωλυθέντος ᾗ πρότερον ῥεῖν. οὕτω τὸν ἐκεῖσε δρόμον τῶν νέων παλαιόν τε καὶ ἐξ ὅσουπερ ἐμπορία λόγων, ἥδε ἔστησέ τε ἡ γῆ παρ’ αὑτῇ καὶ ἔπεισε μὴ πόρρωθεν πονηρὰ λαμβάνειν ἐξὸν ἐγγύθεν ἀμείνω.

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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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