# Ὑπὲρ τῆς δωδεκαετίας 53

Demades, Ὑπὲρ τῆς δωδεκαετίας, Section 53. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demades/text/53

ἔτι γὰρ ἤκμαζον αἱ δυνάμεις τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῆς Ἑλλάδος τὸ φρόνημα, καὶ συνέρρει ἡ τύχη τῷ δήμῳ· νῦν δʼ ἐξωστράκισται μὲν πᾶν τὸ χρήσιμον ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐξῄρηται δὲ τὰ νεῦρα τῶν πόλεων, εἰς ἄνεσιν δὲ καὶ τρυφὴν νενεύκασιν οἱ βίοι, τὰ δὲ τῆς ὁμονοίας οὐκέτι μένει, νόθαι δὲ γεγόνασιν αἱ τῶν φίλων ἐλπίδες.

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Demades, Ὑπὲρ τῆς δωδεκαετίας, ed. J. O. Burtt. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0535.tlg001.local001/.