ὁ δ’ ἐν τῷ δεῦρο τὸν
ἐκ Βεροίας ἐφ’ οἷσπερ ἤγαγεν ἄγειν ἐβόα πρὸς τας, ὅτι τήνδε τὴν πόλιν ὑπ’ ἐκείνῃ κεῖσθαι δεῖ καὶ τοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως ὀνόματος ἀποστατέον αὐτῇ καὶ τῇ βουλῇ τὴν βουλὴν ὑπεικτέον καὶ ἄνδρα ἀνδρὶ καὶ γνωστέον τοὺς ἀμείνονας. γνοίης | δ’ ἄν, ὅτι 1 ταῦθ’ ὕβρις ἦν, ἔκ τε ἡδονῆς καὶ λύπης, ὧν ἡ μὲν ἦν
τῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς εὐνοικῶς ἐχόντων, ἡ δὲ ἡδονὴ τῶν οὐχ οὕτως. ὑβρίζεσθαι δὲ οὐκ ἂν βούλοιο τὰς πόλεις. ἀλλ’ οὗτος ὑβρίζειν βούλοιτ’ ἄν. πῶς ἂν οὖν ὁ οῦτος εἰκότως ἄρχοι;
ἐκ Βεροίας ἐφ’ οἷσπερ ἤγαγεν ἄγειν ἐβόα πρὸς τας, ὅτι τήνδε τὴν πόλιν ὑπ’ ἐκείνῃ κεῖσθαι δεῖ καὶ τοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως ὀνόματος ἀποστατέον αὐτῇ καὶ τῇ βουλῇ τὴν βουλὴν ὑπεικτέον καὶ ἄνδρα ἀνδρὶ καὶ γνωστέον τοὺς ἀμείνονας. γνοίης | δ’ ἄν, ὅτι 1 ταῦθ’ ὕβρις ἦν, ἔκ τε ἡδονῆς καὶ λύπης, ὧν ἡ μὲν ἦν
τῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς εὐνοικῶς ἐχόντων, ἡ δὲ ἡδονὴ τῶν οὐχ οὕτως. ὑβρίζεσθαι δὲ οὐκ ἂν βούλοιο τὰς πόλεις. ἀλλ’ οὗτος ὑβρίζειν βούλοιτ’ ἄν. πῶς ἂν οὖν ὁ οῦτος εἰκότως ἄρχοι;
Oratio 33. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2014.
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