# ἐπιτάφιος 23

Demosthenes, ἐπιτάφιος, Section 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-33/23

καὶ τὰ μὲν ἄλλʼ ἔστιν τούτων ὡς ἕκαστος ἔχει γνώμης, οὕτως ὑπολαμβάνειν· ὃ δʼ ἅπασιν ὁμοίως τοῖς οὖσιν ἀνθρώποις γεγένηται φανερόν, ὅτι ἡ πάσης τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἄρʼ ἐλευθερία ἐν ταῖς τῶνδε τῶν ἀνδρῶν ψυχαῖς διεσῴζετο· ἐπειδὴ γοῦν ἡ πεπρωμένη τούτους ἀνεῖλεν, οὐδεὶς ἀντέστη τῶν λοιπῶν. καὶ φθόνος μὲν ἀπείη τοῦ λόγου, δοκεῖ δέ μοί τις ἂν εἰπὼν ὡς ἡ τῶνδε τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀρετὴ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἦν ψυχὴ τἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν·

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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/.