# περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας 317

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας, Section 317. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-28/317

ἦν δʼ οὐδὲν μᾶλλον μέγʼ αὐτῷ καθʼ ὑμῶν οὐδʼ οὕτω πρᾶξαι, εἰ μὴ Φωκέας ἀπολεῖ. τοῦτο δʼ οὐκ ἦν εὔπορον· συνῆκτο γὰρ αὐτῷ τὰ πράγματα, ὥσπερ ἐκ τύχης, εἰς καιρὸν τοιοῦτον, ὥστʼ ἢ μηδὲν ὧν ἐβούλετʼ εἶναι διαπράξασθαι, ἢ ἀνάγκην εἶναι ψεύσασθαι κἀπιορκῆσαι καὶ μάρτυρας τῆς αὑτοῦ κακίας πάντας Ἕλληνας καὶ βαρβάρους ποιήσασθαι.

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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/.