οὐκ ἐψεύδετο, θαυμάσαι δὲ ἄξιον, ὅπως ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῦτ’ οὐχ ἐώρα τὸ δίκαιον τοσούτων κτημάτων ἐπ’ ἄλλους μετερρυηκότων καὶ μάλιστα δὴ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κηδεστὴν Θεμίσωνα. ἐγὼ δὲ τὸ μὲν τὸν Κίμωνα λει- 1 2 τουργῆσαι πολλάκις καὶ ἐβουλήθην καὶ εὐξάμην, ρὸν δὲ ἀναμένειν ᾤμην δεῖν. οὗτος δὲ ἦν ἀναβιῶναι τὴν βουλὴν καὶ γενέσθαι τὴν προτέραν ἐκείνην. ἐκεῖνο μὲν γὰρ ἦν λειτουργεῖν, τὸ δὲ νῦν ἀπολωλέναι. οὕτω κακῶς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἔχει ἄλλαις τε οὐκ ὀλίγαις αἰτίαις
καὶ τῷ τῶν λειπομένων τοὺς ἰσχυροτέρους πορθεῖν τὰ τῶν ἀσθενεστέρων.
Oratio 32. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2014.
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