# ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου 277

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου, Section 277. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-26/277

κἀκεῖνʼ εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι τὴν ἐμὴν δεινότητα—ἔστω γάρ. καίτοι ἔγωγʼ ὁρῶ τῆς τῶν λεγόντων δυνάμεως τοὺς ἀκούοντας τὸ πλεῖστον κυρίους· ὡς γὰρ ἂν ὑμεῖς ἀποδέξησθε καὶ πρὸς ἕκαστον ἔχητʼ εὐνοίας, οὕτως ὁ λέγων ἔδοξε φρονεῖν. εἰ δʼ οὖν ἐστι καὶ παρʼ ἐμοί τις ἐμπειρία τοιαύτη, ταύτην μὲν εὑρήσετε πάντες ἐν τοῖς κοινοῖς ἐξεταζομένην ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἀεὶ καὶ οὐδαμοῦ καθʼ ὑμῶν οὐδʼ ἰδίᾳ, τὴν δὲ τούτου τοὐναντίον οὐ μόνον τῷ λέγειν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐχθρῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἴ τις ἐλύπησέ τι τοῦτον ἢ προσέκρουσέ που, κατὰ τούτων. οὐ γὰρ αὐτῇ δικαίως, οὐδʼ ἐφʼ ἃ συμφέρει τῇ πόλει, χρῆται.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0014.tlg018.local001/.