# ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας 6

Demosthenes, ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας, Section 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-31/6

οἶμαι δʼ ὑμῶν μνημονεύειν ἐνίους, ὅτι ἡνίκʼ ἐβουλεύεσθʼ ὑπὲρ τῶν βασιλικῶν, παρελθὼν πρῶτος ἐγὼ παρῄνεσα, οἶμαι δὲ καὶ μόνος ἢ δεύτερος εἰπεῖν, ὅτι μοι σωφρονεῖν ἂν δοκεῖτε, εἰ τὴν πρόφασιν τῆς παρασκευῆς μὴ τὴν πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ἔχθραν ποιοῖσθε, ἀλλὰ παρασκευάζοισθε μὲν πρὸς τοὺς ὑπάρχοντας ἐχθρούς, ἀμύνοισθε δὲ κἀκεῖνον, ἐὰν ὑμᾶς ἀδικεῖν ἐπιχειρῇ. καὶ οὐκ ἐγὼ μὲν εἶπον ταῦτα, ὑμῖν δʼ οὐκ ἐδόκουν ὀρθῶς λέγειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑμῖν ἤρεσκε ταῦτα.

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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/.