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Orationes 54
Aristides, Aelius54 66 · perseus-grc2More by Aristides, Aelius
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66.p44
66.p44
τῶν ὑφʼ ἡλίῳ πόλεων, εἰ δεῖ συντόμως εἰπεῖν, κοινὴν ἐρωμένην ἀνθρώπων τε καὶ θεῶν καταστῆναι. οἱ μὲν γὰρ οὐ μόνον ἀντὶ πατρίδος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸ τῆς πατρίδος ἄγουσι ταύτην, καὶ ὅλῳ καὶ παντὶ πρεσβεύουσι τῷ θυμῷ, ὡς εἰκὸς τὴν κοινὴν ἁπάντων αἰτίαν τε καὶ τροφόν. πρώτη γὰρ ἄνθρωπον ἤνεγκε καὶ πρώτη βίου

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