# Oratio I 97

Libanius, Oratio I, Chapter 97. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/oratio-i/97

τῆς δὲ ἐπιούσης προσειπὼν τὸν βασιλέα δεύτερον αἰτηθεὶς λόγον, ἄκων μέν, φόβῳ δὲ μιάζω κύκλῳ περιερχόμενος· καὶ παρῆν μὲν ὁ διδά- σκαλος οὔπω καθαρῶς ἀναπεπνευκώς, εἰσάγω δὲ αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν λόγον ὡς δὴ ἐπῃνεκότα πρός με πολλάκις τοῦ βασιλέως τὴν γλῶτταν, ὁ δὲ ἡσθεὶς ὀρέγει τὴν δεξιὰν τὸ διηλλάχθαι δηλῶν, καὶ ὁ μὲν κατεφίλει προσκεκυ- φώς, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐβοῶμεν, ὁπόσα ἐν τοιούτοις εἰκὸς) εἰς βασιλέα δέους ἠλευθερωκότα διδάσκαλον γέροντα.

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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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