# ἐπιτάφιος 14

Demosthenes, ἐπιτάφιος, Section 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-33/14

ὁ μὲν γὰρ πλοῦτος καὶ τὸ τάχος καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ὅσʼ ἄλλα τούτοις ὅμοια, αὐτάρκεις ἔχει τὰς ὀνήσεις τοῖς κεκτημένοις, καὶ κρατοῦσιν ἐν αὐτοῖς, οἷς ἂν παρῇ, κἂν μηδεὶς τῶν ἄλλων βούληται· ἡ δὲ τῶν λόγων πειθὼ τῆς τῶν ἀκουόντων εὐνοίας προσδεῖται, καὶ μετὰ ταύτης μέν, κἂν μετρίως ῥηθῇ, δόξαν ἤνεγκε καὶ χάριν προσποιεῖ, ἄνευ δὲ ταύτης, κἂν ὑπερβάλῃ τῷ λέγειν καλῶς, προσέστη τοῖς ἀκούουσιν.

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Demosthenes, ἐπιτάφιος, ed. William Rennie. 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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