# ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας 15

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας, Section 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-31/15

καὶ ταῦτʼ οὐδεπώποτʼ εἶπον ἄν, εἰ τῷ Ῥοδίων δήμῳ μόνον ἡγούμην συμφέρειν· οὔτε γὰρ προξενῶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν οὔτʼ ἰδίᾳ ξένος αὐτῶν οὐδείς ἐστί μοι. οὐ μὴν οὐδʼ εἰ ταῦτʼ ἀμφότερʼ ἦν, εἰ μὴ συμφέρειν ὑμῖν ἡγούμην, εἶπον ἄν, ἐπεὶ Ῥοδίοις γε, εἰ οἷόν τε τοῦτʼ εἰπεῖν τῷ συναγορεύοντι τῇ σωτηρίᾳ αὐτῶν, συγχαίρω τῶν γεγενημένων. τοῦ κομίσασθαι γὰρ τὰ ὑμέτερʼ ὑμῖν φθονήσαντες τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἐλευθερίαν ἀπολωλέκασι, καὶ παρὸν αὐτοῖς Ἕλλησι καὶ βελτίοσιν αὐτῶν ἐξ ἴσου συμμαχεῖν, βαρβάροις καὶ δούλοις, οὓς εἰς τὰς ἀκροπόλεις παρεῖνται, δουλεύουσιν.

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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/.