# προοίμια δημηγορικά 41.2

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 41. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/41.2

ἡ μὲν οὖν ἀρχὴ τοῦ ταῦθʼ οὕτως ἔχειν ἐκεῖθεν ἤρτηται, ἐκ τοῦ τῆς παραχρῆμα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἕνεκα χάριτος ἐνίους τῶν λεγόντων ἐνταυθοῖ δημηγορεῖν, ὡς οὔτʼ εἰσφέρειν οὔτε στρατεύεσθαι δεῖ, πάντα δʼ αὐτόματʼ ἔσται. ἔδει μὲν οὖν ταῦθʼ ὑπʼ ἄλλου τινὸς ἐξελέγχεσθαι μετὰ τοῦ λυσιτελοῦντος τῇ πόλει· δοκεῖ δέ μοι τρόπον τινὰ καὶ νῦν ἀμείνων ἡ τύχη περὶ ὑμᾶς τῶν ἐφεστηκότων εἶναι.

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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/.