τᾶι, ἕτερα δήπου γεγένηται. ὧν ἴν ἐστιν ἃ παρ’ ἡμῶν ὁ παῖς σοι κτησάμενος ἔχει μεγάλα καὶ αὐτῷ σοι δο- κοῦντα καὶ τῆς εὐνῆς ἀναστήσαντά σε πολλάκις. οὐκ ἐχρῆν οὖν τούτοις δοθῆναι τὴν χάριν, εἰ καὶ μηδὲν ἦν προσλαβεῖν; ἢ καὶ πρὸς ἀριστέα δωρεᾶς μεμνημέ-
νον ταῦτα ἂν ἔλεγες, ὡς ἐπὶ δευτέρᾳ ἂν ἀριστείᾳ λάβοι, τὸ πραχθὲν δὲ οὔπω τιμῆς ἄξιον;
Oratio 54. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2016.
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