# προοίμια δημηγορικά 56.3

Demosthenes, προοίμια δημηγορικά, Exordium 56. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-35/56.3

ἓν μὲν οὖν τοῦτο λέγω, δεύτερον δέ, ὅ τισιν ἴσως παράδοξον ἔσται πρὸς τὸ τοὺς λόγους ἐλάττους εἶναι, σιωπῶντας ἀκούειν. περὶ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ ταῦτʼ ἢ ʼκεῖνα συμφέρειν, καὶ πότερʼ ἂν δικαιότερον προέλοιθʼ ἡ πόλις, οὔτʼ εἰσὶ λόγοι πολλοὶ μὴ βουλομένοις μάτην ἀδολεσχεῖν, οὔτε πᾶς τις ἂν αὐτοὺς εἰπεῖν ἔχοι· ὡς δὲ καὶ δίκαιον ἀκούειν καὶ πρὸς τὸν θόρυβον ἀποκρίνασθαι καὶ λόγον ἐκ λόγου λέγειν, οὐδεὶς ὅστις οὐχὶ δύναιτʼ ἄν. ἐκ δὴ τοῦ θορυβεῖν οὐκ ἀπαλλάττεσθε λόγων, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν οὐδὲν εἰς χρείαν ἐπαναγκάζεσθʼ ἀκούειν. ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐμὴ γνώμη περὶ ὧν βουλεύεσθε, ἥδʼ ἐστίν.

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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/.