# πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος 62

Demosthenes, πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος, Section 62. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-21/62

ὧν ἀκούοντά με καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἀφικνουμένων λόγῳ, τὰ δὲ καὶ διʼ ἐπιστολῶν παρὰ τῶν οἰκείων, τίνα με οἴεσθε ψυχὴν ἔχειν ἢ πόσα δάκρυα ἀφιέναι, τὰ μὲν ἐκλογιζόμενον περὶ τῶν παρόντων, τὰ δὲ καὶ ποθοῦντα ἰδεῖν παιδία καὶ γυναῖκα καὶ μητέρα, ἣν ἐγὼ οὐ πολλὰς ἐλπίδας εἶχον ζῶσαν καταλήψεσθαι; ὧν τί ἥδιόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ, ἢ τοῦ ἕνεκʼ ἄν τις εὔξαιτο τούτων στερηθεὶς ζῆν.

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Demosthenes, πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος, 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.tlg050.local001/.