# πρὸς Ὀνήτορα ἐξούλης β΄ 8

Demosthenes, πρὸς Ὀνήτορα ἐξούλης β΄, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-17/8

ὁρᾷς ὡς ὑποκρίνει μὲν δεδωκέναι τὴν προῖκα, φαίνει δὲ κατʼ οὐδʼ ὁντινοῦν τρόπον δεδωκώς; τὰ γὰρ ἀληθῆ καὶ μὴ κακουργούμενα τῶν πραγμάτων ἁπλῶς, οἷʼ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς πραχθῇ, τοιαῦτʼ ἐστίν· σὺ δὲ τοὐναντίον ἐξελέγχει πράξας εἰς τὴν καθʼ ἡμῶν ὑπηρεσίαν.

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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/.