# προοίμια δημηγορικά 46.4

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 46. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/46.4

δεινότατοι πάντων ὑμεῖς ἐστʼ ἀκούειν ὅ τι ἄν τις καθʼ ὑμῶν λέγῃ. εἰ μὲν οὖν ταύτης τῆς εὐηθείας δίκην ὑμᾶς δεῖ διδόναι, λόγους οὐ προσήκοντας κατὰ τῆς πόλεως ἀκούειν τοῦτʼ ἂν εἴη. εἰ δʼ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀληθῶν εἴ τι δίκαιον ῥητέον, ἐπὶ τοῦτʼ ἐγὼ παρελήλυθα, πιστεύων οὐκ αὐτὸς ἀξίως τῶν ὑμῖν πεπραγμένων εἰπεῖν δυνήσεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τὰ πράγματα, ὅπως ἄν τις εἴπῃ, δίκαια φανεῖσθαι.

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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/.