# περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας 274

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας, Section 274. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-28/274

καίτοι καλλίω ταύτης εἰρήνην οὔτε πρότερον οὔθʼ ὕστερον οὐδεὶς ἂν εἰπεῖν ἔχοι πεποιημένην τὴν πόλιν. ἀλλʼ οὐ τοῦτʼ ἐσκόπουν. τούτου μὲν γὰρ ἡγοῦντο τὴν αὑτῶν ἀρετὴν καὶ τὴν τῆς πόλεως δόξαν αἰτίαν εἶναι, τοῦ δὲ προῖκʼ ἢ μὴ τὸν τρόπον τοῦ πρεσβευτοῦ· τοῦτον οὖν δίκαιον ἠξίουν παρέχεσθαι καὶ ἀδωροδόκητον τὸν προσιόντα τοῖς κοινοῖς.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0014.tlg019.local001/.