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Demosthenes

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Author namesDémosthène · Demosthene · Demosthenes · Δημοσθενης

Scientific editors
Samuel Henry Butcher
Edition reference
Demosthenis Orationes · Oxford · Clarendon Press · 1903
CTS identifier
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg005.local001
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2.2.0 · 2026-08-29
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νυνὶ γὰρ Θηβαίοις πρὸς μὲν τὸ τὴν χώραν κεκομίσθαι πέπρακταί τι, πρὸς δὲ τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν αἴσχιστα· εἰ γὰρ μὴ παρῆλθε Φίλιππος, οὐδὲν ἂν αὐτοῖς κέρδος εἶναι. ταῦτα δʼ οὐκ ἐβούλοντο, ἀλλὰ τῷ τὸν Ὀρχομενὸν καὶ τὴν Κορώνειαν λαβεῖν ἐπιθυμεῖν, μὴ δύνασθαι δέ, πάντα ταῦθʼ ὑπέμειναν.