# ἐρωτικὸς 26

Demosthenes, ἐρωτικὸς, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-34/26

ἡ μὲν οὖν προαίρεσις οὕτω καλὴ καὶ παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἠγαπημένη· νομίζων δʼ οὐδὲν εἶναι προὔργου τῶν σπουδαιοτάτων ἐπιθυμεῖν οὐδὲ καλῶς πρὸς ἅπαντα πεφυκέναι τὸ σῶμα μὴ τῆς ψυχῆς φιλοτίμως παρεσκευασμένης, τὴν μὲν φιλοπονίαν ἐν τοῖς γυμνασίοις εὐθέως ἐπιδειξάμενος οὐδʼ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις ἐψεύσω, τὴν δʼ ἄλλην ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς σαυτοῦ φύσεως καὶ τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀνδρείαν ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι μάλιστʼ ἐνεδείξω.

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Demosthenes, ἐρωτικὸς, 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.tlg061.local001/.