# προοίμια δημηγορικά 36.2

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 36. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/36.2

τὸν δὴ τοῦ φενακίζεσθαι χρόνον ὡς εἰς μικρότατον συνάγοντες σωφρονεῖν ἔμοιγε δοκεῖτε. εἰ μὲν δή τι τῶν αὐτῶν ἔμελλον τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐρεῖν, οὐκ ἂν ᾤμην δεῖν λέγων ἐνοχλεῖν. νῦν δὲ συμφέροντα μὲν ὑμῖν ἀκοῦσαι, παντάπασι δʼ ἀφεστηκότα τῶν ὑπὸ τῶν πολλῶν προσδοκωμένων οἴομαι λόγον ἐρεῖν. βραχὺς δʼ ἔσται. σκέψασθε δʼ ἀκούσαντες, κἂν ὑμῖν ἀρέσκῃ, χρήσασθε.

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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/.