γνοίη δ’ ἄν τις τοῦ δήμου τὸν τρόπον, εἰ τὴν ἐξέτασιν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ποιοῖτο τῶν δυσχερῶν. ἃ γὰρ ᾐτιάθη, ταῦτα αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐπιείκειαν ἐμφαίνει, καὶ τὸ ἔγκλημα αὐτῷ τὰ τῶν ἐγκωμίων δύνα-
τᾶι. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πόλιν οὖσαν ἔδει τι καὶ ὑπομεῖναι τῶν ἐνοχλούντων τὴν γῆν, τὴν τοῦ μὴ κωλύσαι τὸ συμβάν, οὐ τὴν τοῦ δεδρακέναι τι δεινὸν μέμψιν ἐδέ- ξατο.
τᾶι. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πόλιν οὖσαν ἔδει τι καὶ ὑπομεῖναι τῶν ἐνοχλούντων τὴν γῆν, τὴν τοῦ μὴ κωλύσαι τὸ συμβάν, οὐ τὴν τοῦ δεδρακέναι τι δεινὸν μέμψιν ἐδέ- ξατο.
Oratio 11. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2014.
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