# προοίμια δημηγορικά 56.1

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 56. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/56.1

τὸ μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πεπεικόθʼ ἑαυτὸν ἔχειν τι συμφέρον εἰπεῖν ἀνίστασθαι καὶ καλὸν καὶ προσῆκον εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ, τὸ δὲ μὴ βουλομένους ἀκούειν βιάζεσθαι παντελῶς ἔγωγʼ αἰσχρὸν ἡγοῦμαι . οἴομαι δέ, ἐὰν ἐθελήσητέ μοι πείθεσθαι τήμερον, καὶ τὰ βέλτιστα μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς ἑλέσθαι δυνήσεσθαι καὶ τοὺς τῶν ἀναβαινόντων λόγους βραχεῖς ποιήσειν.

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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/.