τεῖχος, οἷον ἐκ πρώτης ἂν καταπεσεῖν μηχανῆς, ἀπῆγες τὸ στρατόπεδον πρὶν ἐξελεῖν, ἦν ἄν σοι τοῦτο πρὸς ἀπολογίαν τὸ ἐξεῖναι πέμψασιν ἑλεῖν. εἰ γὰρ τὸν πρῶ- τον τοῦτο ἔσωζε, καὶ τὸν δεύτερον ἄν καὶ τὸν τρίτον καὶ πάντας ἑξῆς, καὶ οὕτως ἂν ἡ πόλις εἱστήκει τῶν
ἀεὶ ῥᾳθυμούντων ἐκ τῶν οὔποτε μὲν προσβαλλόντων, 1 2 ἑλεῖν δέ, εἰ προσβάλοιεν, δυναμένων ἀποφευγόντων.
Declamatio 17. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2016.
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