# ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας 24

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας, Section 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-31/24

καὶ οὐδὲ τοῦτʼ αὐτῷ συνενήνοχεν, ἀλλʼ ἅμʼ εὑρήσετʼ αὐτὸν τήν τε πόλιν διὰ Λακεδαιμονίων ἀσθενῆ ποιήσαντα καὶ περὶ τῆς αὑτοῦ βασιλείας κινδυνεύσαντα πρὸς Κλέαρχον καὶ Κῦρον. οὔτʼ οὖν ἐκ φανεροῦ κεκράτηκεν οὔτʼ ἐπιβουλεῦσαι συνενήνοχεν αὐτῷ. ὁρῶ δʼ ὑμῶν ἐνίους Φιλίππου μὲν ὡς ἄρʼ οὐδενὸς ἀξίου πολλάκις ὀλιγωροῦντας, βασιλέα δʼ ὡς ἰσχυρὸν ἐχθρὸν οἷς ἂν προέληται φοβουμένους. εἰ δὲ τὸν μὲν ὡς φαῦλον οὐκ ἀμυνούμεθα, τῷ δʼ ὡς φοβερῷ πάνθʼ ὑπείξομεν, πρὸς τίνας, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, παραταξόμεθα;

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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/.