# Oratio I 62

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 62. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/62

Ταυτὶ μὲν ἀφείσθω τὴν ζημίαν ἔχοντα ἐν χρή- μασιν, ὅ δὴ διαπτύσειεν ἂν ἀνὴρ ἐλεύθερος. ἀλλ’ ἐνόσει μὲν ἡ γυνὴ τῷ σοφιστῇ τὰς φρένας, ὁ δὲ οὐ βουλόμενος ταῦτ’ εἶναι τῆς τοῦ σώματος πονηρίας ἐπ’ ἐμέ τε ἦγε τὴν αἰτίαν καὶ κακοῖς ἑπόμενος μασι βιβλογράφον καὶ αὐτὸς εἷλκε καὶ οἰχομένης δὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ τάφου μετὰ δακρύων εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον ἐλθὼν κατήγορος μὲν κατὰ τοὺς νόμους οὐδὲ οὕτως γίνεται, τοσοῦτον δὲ εὗρε, τὸ δῆσαι τὸν ἄνθρωπον.

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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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