# ἐπιτάφιος 21

Demosthenes, ἐπιτάφιος, Section 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-33/21

οἶμαι δʼ ἄν, εἴ τις αὐτοὺς τοὺς παραταξαμένους ἐρωτήσειεν πότερʼ ἡγοῦνται ταῖς αὑτῶν ἀρεταῖς ἢ τῇ παραδόξῳ καὶ χαλεπῇ τύχῃ κατωρθωκέναι καὶ τῇ τοῦ προεστηκότος αὑτῶν ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ τόλμῃ, οὐδένʼ οὔτʼ ἀναίσχυντον οὔτε τολμηρὸν οὕτως εἶναι, ὅντινʼ ἀντιποιήσεσθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων. ἀλλὰ μὴν ὑπὲρ ὧν ὁ πάντων κύριος δαίμων, ὡς ἐβούλετο, ἔνειμε τὸ τέλος, ἅπαντας ἀφεῖσθαι κακίας ἀνάγκη τοὺς λοιπούς, ἀνθρώπους γʼ ὄντας·

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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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