# περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας 242

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας, Section 242. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-28/242

ἔλεγεν τοίνυν τότε πρὸς τοὺς δικαστὰς ὅτι ἀπολογήσεται δὲ Δημοσθένης ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατηγορήσει τῶν ἐμοὶ πεπρεσβευμένων· εἶτʼ, ἐὰν ὑμᾶς ἀπαγάγῃ τῷ λόγῳ, νεανιεύσεται καὶ περιιὼν ἐρεῖ· πῶς τι τοὺς δικαστὰς ἀπαγαγὼν ἀπὸ τῆς ὑποθέσεως ᾠχόμην τὸ πρᾶγμʼ αὐτῶν ὑφελόμενος; μὴ σύ γε, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἀγωνίζει, περὶ τούτων ἀπολογοῦ· τότε δʼ, ἡνίκʼ ἐκεῖνον ἔκρινες, ἐξῆν σοι κατηγορεῖν καὶ λέγειν ὅ τι ἐβούλου.

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Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας, 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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