# προοίμια δημηγορικά 42.1

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 42. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/42.1

οὐδέν ἐστιν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τοῦτʼ ἄλογον, τοὺς ἀεὶ καὶ συνεχῶς ὑπὲρ τῶν ὀλιγαρχιῶν πολιτευομένους καὶ νῦν ταῦτα ποιοῦντας ἐξελέγχεσθαι. ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖνο μᾶλλον ἄν τις εἰκότως θαυμάσαι, τὸ τοὺς εἰδότας ὑμᾶς ταῦτα πολλάκις ἥδιον τούτων ἀκούειν ἢ τῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν λεγόντων. ἴσως μὲν οὖν ὥσπερ οὐδʼ ἰδίᾳ ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν ἅπαντʼ ὀρθῶς πράττειν, οὕτως οὐδὲ κοινῇ·

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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/.