# προοίμια δημηγορικά 35.4

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 35. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/35.4

κἂν μὲν εἰρήνην τις ἐκ πολέμου ποιήσῃ, τοῦτον μισοῦντες, ἂν δʼ ἐξ εἰρήνης πόλεμόν τις λέγῃ, τούτῳ μαχόμενοι, ἂν δʼ ἔχειν ἡσυχίαν τις παραινῇ καὶ τὰ ἡμέτερʼ αὐτῶν πράττειν, οὐδὲ τοῦτον ὀρθῶς λέγειν φάσκοντες, ὅλως δʼ αἰτιῶν καὶ κενῶν ἐλπίδων ὄντες πλήρεις. τί οὖν, ἄν τις εἴποι, σὺ παραινεῖς, ἐπειδὴ ταῦτʼ ἐπιτιμᾷς; ἐγὼ νὴ Δίʼ ἐρῶ.

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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/.