εἰ δὲ γεωργὸς ὢν ἀεὶ σπείρων οὐδὲν κομιζόμενος κατεβόων τῶν ἐτῶν τῶν τὸ μὲν λαβόντων, τὸ δὲ οὐ δεδωκότων, ὀχληρὸς ἂν ἦν τοῖς ταῦτα καθ’ ἕκαστον ἔτος ἀκούουσι; καὶ πῶς ἐνῆν μὴ θρηνεῖν ἐν
αὐχμοῖς καὶ ἐπομβρίαις καὶ νοσήμασιν ἄλλοις καὶ τῇ περὶ τὴν σπορὰν αὐτὴν ζημίᾳ;
αὐχμοῖς καὶ ἐπομβρίαις καὶ νοσήμασιν ἄλλοις καὶ τῇ περὶ τὴν σπορὰν αὐτὴν ζημίᾳ;
Oratio 2. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2014.
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