# ἐπιτάφιος 37

Demosthenes, ἐπιτάφιος, Section 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-33/37

λυπηρὸν παισὶν ὀρφανοῖς γεγενῆσθαι πατρός· καλὸν δέ γε κληρονομεῖν πατρῴας εὐδοξίας. καὶ τοῦ μὲν λυπηροῦ τούτου τὸν δαίμονʼ αἴτιον εὑρήσομεν ὄντα, ᾧ φύντας ἀνθρώπους εἴκειν ἀνάγκη, τοῦ δὲ τιμίου καὶ καλοῦ τὴν τῶν ἐθελησάντων καλῶς ἀποθνῄσκειν αἵρεσιν. ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν οὐχ ὅπως πολλὰ λέξω, τοῦτʼ ἐσκεψάμην, ἀλλʼ ὅπως τἀληθῆ. ὑμεῖς δʼ ἀποδυράμενοι καὶ τὰ προσήκονθʼ ὡς χρὴ καὶ νόμιμα ποιήσαντες ἄπιτε.

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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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