γὰρ οὐκ ἐν τοῖς δεδωκόσιν ἔσῃ χάριν ἀεί τινος ὄντος τοῦ παραλελειμμένου; καὶ γὰρ εἰ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποτε- τμήκεις, εἶπες ἂν ὅπερ ὁ πρότερος· καὶ εἰ κατὰ μέλος, εἶπες ἂν τὴν ταφήν. καὶ εἰ κυσὶ καὶ ὄρνισιν ἐδεδώ- κεις τὸν νεκρόν, ἦν ἂν εἰπεῖν· ὰλλ’ οὐκ εἰς λέβητας 1 2 ἐνέβαλον οὐδὲ ἑψήσας ἔφαγον.
Oratio 57. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2016.
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