# ἐπιτάφιος 22

Demosthenes, ἐπιτάφιος, Section 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-33/22

εἰ δʼ ἄρʼ ἔστι τις ἀνθρώπων ὅτῳ περὶ τούτων ἐγκαλέσαι προσήκει, τοῖς ἐπὶ τούτῳ ταχθεῖσιν Θηβαίων, οὐχὶ τοῖς πολλοῖς οὔτʼ ἐκείνων οὔθʼ ἡμῶν ἐγκαλέσειεν ἄν τις εἰκότως· οἳ δύναμιν λαβόντες ἔχουσαν θυμὸν ἀήττητον καὶ ἀπροφάσιστον καὶ φιλοτιμίαν ἐφάμιλλον οὐδενὶ τούτων ὀρθῶς ἐχρήσαντο.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0014.tlg060.local001/.