# ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας 12

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας, Section 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-31/12

πράττοντος δʼ ὡς λέγεται, καὶ διημαρτηκότος οἷς ἐπεχείρησεν, ἡγεῖσθαι τὴν νῆσον ταύτην, ὅπερ ἔστιν, ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν ἂν εἶναι βασιλεῖ χρησίμην ἐν τῷ παρόντι, τῆς δʼ αὑτῆς ἀρχῆς ἐπιτείχισμα πρὸς τὸ μηδʼ ὁτιοῦν παρακινεῖν. ὥστε μοι δοκεῖ μᾶλλον ἂν ὑμᾶς ἔχειν μὴ φανερῶς αὐτῆς ἐνδούσης, ἢ ʼκεῖνον λαβεῖν βούλεσθαι. οἶμαι μὲν οὖν οὐδὲ βοηθήσειν αὐτήν, ἂν δʼ ἄρα τοῦτο ποιῇ, φαύλως καὶ κακῶς.

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Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας, 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.tlg015.local001/.