# ἐπιτάφιος 8

Demosthenes, ἐπιτάφιος, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-33/8

καὶ γὰρ τὸν Ἀμαζόνων στρατὸν ἐλθόντʼ ἐκράτησαν οὕτως ὥστʼ ἔξω Φάσιδος ἐκβαλεῖν, καὶ τὸν Εὐμόλπου καὶ τῶν πολλῶν ἄλλων στόλον οὐ μόνον ἐκ τῆς οἰκείας, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τῆς τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων χώρας ἐξήλασαν, οὓς οἱ πρὸ ἡμῶν οἰκοῦντες πρὸς ἑσπέραν πάντες οὔθʼ ὑπέμειναν οὔτʼ ἐδυνήθησαν κωλῦσαι. καὶ μὴν καὶ τῶν Ἡρακλέους παίδων, ὃς τοὺς ἄλλους ἔσῳζεν, σωτῆρες ὠνομάσθησαν, ἡνίκʼ ἦλθον εἰς τήνδε τὴν γῆν ἱκέται, φεύγοντες Εὐρυσθέα. καὶ πρὸς πᾶσι τούτοις καὶ πολλοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ καλοῖς ἔργοις τὰ τῶν κατοιχομένων νόμιμʼ οὐ περιεῖδον ὑβριζόμενα, ὅτε τοὺς ἕπτʼ ἐπὶ Θήβας θάπτειν ἐκώλυεν Κρέων.

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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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