# ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας 19

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας, Section 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-31/19

θαυμάζω δʼ εἰ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν ἡγεῖται Χίων ὀλιγαρχουμένων καὶ Μυτιληναίων, καὶ νυνὶ Ῥοδίων καὶ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ὀλίγου δέω λέγειν εἰς ταύτην τὴν δουλείαν ὑπαγομένων, συγκινδυνεύειν τι τὴν παρʼ ἡμῖν πολιτείαν, μηδὲ λογίζεται τοῦθʼ ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως, εἰ διʼ ὀλιγαρχίας ἅπαντα συστήσεται, τὸν παρʼ ὑμῖν δῆμον ἐάσουσιν. ἴσασι γὰρ οὐδένας ἄλλους πάλιν εἰς ἐλευθερίαν ἂν τὰ πράγματʼ ἐξάγοντας· ὅθεν δὴ κακὸν αὑτοῖς ἄν τι γενέσθαι προσδοκῶσι, τοῦτʼ ἀνελεῖν βουλήσονται.

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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/.