# προοίμια δημηγορικά 45.4

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 45. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/45.4

ἐγὼ δʼ οὐ χείρους ὑμᾶς ἡγοῦμαι φύσει Θηβαίων ʽκαὶ γὰρ ἂν μαινοίμην̓, ἀλλʼ ἀπαρασκευοτέρους. φημὶ δὴ δεῖν τοῦ παρασκευάζεσθαι νῦν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀρχήν, ἐπειδὴ τέως ἠμελεῖτε, οὐ τοῦ διαγωνίζεσθαι. οὐ γὰρ ἀντιλέγω τὸ ὅλον, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ τοῦ τρόπου τῆς ἐγχειρήσεως ἐναντιοῦμαι.

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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/.