ὀφείλων, ἀλλ’ ὅλου τε ἐμαυτοῦ καὶ τοῦ χοροῦ. ἦν μὲν γὰρ μὴν ὁ ἐπώνυμος τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ τοῦ γε μηνὸς ἑβδόμη ἱσταμένου, ἐν ᾗ νόμος ἐν Μερόῃ ταύτῃ ποιεῖσθαι τῇ θεῷ τὴν ἑορτήν, ἦς καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον αἷμα ἀπὸ πυγμῆς. πύκται δέ, ὁπόσαι φυλαὶ τῆς πόλεως,
εἷς ἀφ’ ἑκάστης, καὶ ἔρις ὑπὲρ νίκης θαυμαστή, οὐχ 1 2 3 ὑπὲρ μεγάλων μὲν τῶν ταῖς φυλαῖς εἰς αὐτοὺς ἀνη- λωμένων, μανίᾳ δὲ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἔοικε τῇ θεῷ χαριζομέ- νων.
Oratio 5. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2014.
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