# ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας 35

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας, Section 35. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-31/35

ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν οἶμαι δεῖν ὑμᾶς ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τῶν πραγμάτων τούτων ἐρρωμένως, καὶ πράττειν ἄξια τῆς πόλεως, ἐνθυμουμένους ὅτι χαίρετʼ ἀκούοντες, ὅταν τις ἐπαινῇ τοὺς προγόνους ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ πεπραγμένʼ ἐκείνοις διεξίῃ καὶ τὰ τρόπαια λέγῃ. νομίζετε τοίνυν ταῦτʼ ἀναθεῖναι τοὺς προγόνους ὑμῶν οὐχ ἵνα θαυμάζητʼ αὐτὰ θεωροῦντες, ἀλλʼ ἵνα καὶ μιμῆσθε τὰς τῶν ἀναθέντων ἀρετάς.

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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/.