τοῖς νῦν ὁμοίους ἀκοῦσαι παρὰ τοῦ πλουσίου; οἷον εἰ πολεμίων ἐπιόντων ὑμεῖς τοῦτον οὐκ οἴεσθε χρημάτων μὲν πρὸς ὑμᾶς μεμνήσεσθαι, τὸν πένητα δὲ αἰτήσειν; τί δέ; ὅπλων δεομένων οὐ τὰ μὲν δώσειν, τὸν πένητα
δὲ αἰτήσειν; κοῦφον οὖν ὑμῖν, πρὸς Δῖός, πολλὰ τοι- αῦτα ἀκούειν, ἐμοὶ δὲ καλὸν τὸ παρὰ ἀνδρὸς δυνατοῦ δι’ ἐμὲ πολεμεῖσθαι τὴν πόλιν ἀφορήτως; ὧν ὑμῖν τε καὶ ἐμοὶ ἀπαλλαγὴν οἴσει τὸ κώνειον.
Declamatio 35. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2016.
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