# προοίμια δημηγορικά 33.1

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/33.1

μάλιστα μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, βουλοίμην ἂν ὑμᾶς ἃ μέλλω λέγειν πεισθῆναι· εἰ δʼ ἄρα τοῦτʼ ἄλλῃ πῃ συμβαίνοι, ἐμαυτῷ γʼ ἂν εἰρῆσθαι πρὸ παντὸς αὐτὰ δεξαίμην. ἔστι δʼ οὐ μόνον, ὡς δοκεῖ, τὸ πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰπεῖν χαλεπὸν τὰ δέοντα, ἀλλὰ καὶ καθʼ αὑτὸν σκοπούμενον εὑρεῖν. γνοίη δʼ ἄν τις, εἰ μὴ τὸν λόγον ὑμᾶς, ἀλλὰ τὰ πράγματʼ ἐφʼ ὧν ἐστε σκέψεσθαι νομίσαι, καὶ πλείω σπουδὴν τοῦ δοκεῖν ἐπιεικὴς εἶναι ἢ τοῦ δεινὸς εἰπεῖν φανῆναι ποιοῖτο.

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Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, 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.tlg062.local001/.