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Demosthenes

περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης

§ 4

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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ἀκριβῶς δʼ εἰδώς, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὸ λέγειν περὶ ὧν αὐτὸς εἶπέ τις καὶ περὶ αὑτοῦ παρʼ ὑμῖν ἀεὶ τῶν πάνυ λυσιτελούντων τοῖς τολμῶσιν ὄν, οὕτως ἡγοῦμαι φορτικὸν καὶ ἐπαχθὲς ὥστε ἀνάγκην οὖσαν ὁρῶν ὅμως ἀποκνῶ. νομίζω δʼ ἄμεινον ἂν ὑμᾶς περὶ ὧν νῦν ἐρῶ κρῖναι, μικρὰ τῶν πρότερόν ποτε ῥηθέντων ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ μνημονεύσαντες.