# πρὸς Ὀνήτορα ἐξούλης β΄ 11

Demosthenes, πρὸς Ὀνήτορα ἐξούλης β΄, Section 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-17/11

τίς γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ἠλίθιός ἐστιν οὕτως ὥστʼ ἀργύριον μὲν δοὺς τοσοῦτον, ἔπειθʼ ἓν λαβὼν χωρίον ἀμφισβητούμενον εἰς ἀποτίμησιν, σὺν οἷς πρότερον ἐζημίωτο, τὸν ἀδικήσανθʼ ὡς δίκαιόν τι ποιήσοντα καὶ τοῦ τῆς δίκης ὀφλήματος προσεγγυήσασθαι; ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδένʼ οἶμαι. καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲ λόγον τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ἔχον ἐστίν, τὸν αὐτὸν αὑτῷ μὴ δυνάμενον κομίσασθαι τάλαντον, τοῦτον ἄλλῳ τινὶ φάσκειν ἀποτείσειν καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐγγυᾶσθαι. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν τούτων ἐστὶ δῆλον ὅτι τὴν μὲν προῖκʼ οὐκ ἔδωκεν, ἀντὶ δὲ πολλῶν χρημάτων τῶν ἐμῶν οἰκεῖος ὢν Ἀφόβῳ ταῦτʼ ἀπετιμᾶτο, κληρονόμον τὴν ἀδελφὴν τῶν ἐμῶν μετʼ ἐκείνου καταστῆσαι βουλόμενος.

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Demosthenes, πρὸς Ὀνήτορα ἐξούλης β΄, ed. William Rennie. 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/tlg0014.tlg031.local001/.