# ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου 263

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου, Section 263. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-26/263

ἀλλὰ γὰρ παρεὶς ὧν τὴν πενίαν αἰτιάσαιτʼ ἄν τις, πρὸς αὐτὰ τὰ τοῦ τρόπου σου βαδιοῦμαι κατηγορήματα. τοιαύτην γὰρ εἵλου πολιτείαν, ἐπειδή ποτε καὶ τοῦτʼ ἐπῆλθέ σοι ποιῆσαι, διʼ ἣν εὐτυχούσης μὲν τῆς πατρίδος λαγὼ βίον ἔζης δεδιὼς καὶ τρέμων καὶ ἀεὶ πληγήσεσθαι προσδοκῶν ἐφʼ οἷς σαυτῷ συνῄδεις ἀδικοῦντι, ἐν οἷς δʼ ἠτύχησαν οἱ ἄλλοι, θρασὺς ὢν ὑφʼ ἁπάντων ὦψαι.

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Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου, ed. Samuel Henry Butcher. 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.
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