# ἐπιτάφιος 36

Demosthenes, ἐπιτάφιος, Section 36. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-33/36

καὶ γὰρ ἐκείνοις ταῦτʼ ἂν εἴη μάλιστʼ ἐν κόσμῳ καὶ τιμῇ, καὶ πάσῃ τῇ πόλει καὶ τοῖς ζῶσιν ταῦτʼ ἂν ἐνέγκοι πλείστην εὐδοξίαν. χαλεπὸν πατρὶ καὶ μητρὶ παίδων στερηθῆναι καὶ ἐρήμοις εἶναι τῶν οἰκειοτάτων γηροτρόφων· σεμνὸν δέ γʼ ἀγήρως τιμὰς καὶ μνήμην ἀρετῆς δημοσίᾳ κτησαμένους ἐπιδεῖν, καὶ θυσιῶν καὶ ἀγώνων ἠξιωμένους ἀθανάτων.

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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/.