# κατὰ Διονυσοδώρου βλάβης 23

Demosthenes, κατὰ Διονυσοδώρου βλάβης, Section 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-42/23

πρῶτον μὲν τὸ ῥαγῆναι τὴν ναῦν ὅταν λέγῃ, οἶμαι πᾶσιν ὑμῖν φανερὸν εἶναι ὅτι ψεύδεται. εἰ γὰρ τοῦτο συνέβη παθεῖν τῇ νηί, οὔτʼ ἂν εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον ἐσώθη οὔτʼ ἂν ὕστερον πλόϊμος ἦν. νῦν δὲ φαίνεται εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον σωθεῖσα καὶ πάλιν ἐκεῖθεν ἀποσταλεῖσα εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἔτι καὶ νῦν πλέουσα πανταχόσε, πλὴν οὐκ εἰς Ἀθήνας. καίτοι πῶς οὐκ ἄτοπον, ὅταν μὲν εἰς τὸ Ἀθηναίων ἐμπόριον δεήσῃ κατάγειν τὴν ναῦν, ῥαγῆναι φάσκειν, ὅταν δὲ εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον τὸν σῖτον ἐξελέσθαι, τηνικαῦτα δὲ πλόϊμον οὖσαν φαίνεσθαι τὴν αὐτὴν ναῦν;

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Διονυσοδώρου βλάβης, 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.
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