# ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου 3

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου, Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-26/3

πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγʼ ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶνʼ Αἰσχίνου, δύο δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ μεγάλα, ἓν μὲν ὅτι οὐ περὶ τῶν ἴσων ἀγωνίζομαι· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἴσον νῦν ἐμοὶ τῆς παρʼ ὑμῶν εὐνοίας διαμαρτεῖν καὶ τούτῳ μὴ ἑλεῖν τὴν γραφήν, ἀλλʼ ἐμοὶ μὲν—οὐ βούλομαι δυσχερὲς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου, οὗτος δʼ ἐκ περιουσίας μου κατηγορεῖ. ἕτερον δʼ, ὃ φύσει πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ὑπάρχει, τῶν μὲν λοιδοριῶν καὶ τῶν κατηγοριῶν ἀκούειν ἡδέως, τοῖς ἐπαινοῦσι δʼ αὑτοὺς ἄχθεσθαι·

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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/.