# ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας 3

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας, Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-31/3

ᾐτιάσαντο μὲν γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐπιβουλεύειν αὑτοῖς Χῖοι καὶ Βυζάντιοι καὶ Ῥόδιοι, καὶ διὰ ταῦτα συνέστησαν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὸν τελευταῖον τουτονὶ πόλεμον· φανήσεται δʼ ὁ μὲν πρυτανεύσας ταῦτα καὶ πείσας Μαύσωλος, φίλος εἶναι φάσκων Ῥοδίων, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν αὐτῶν ἀφῃρημένος, οἱ δʼ ἀποδείξαντες ἑαυτοὺς συμμάχους Χῖοι καὶ Βυζάντιοι τοῖς ἀτυχήμασιν αὐτῶν οὐ βεβοηθηκότες,

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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.
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