# κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου 143

Demosthenes, κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου, Section 143. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-45/143

λέγεται τοίνυν ποτʼ ἐν τῇ πόλει κατὰ τὴν παλαιὰν ἐκείνην εὐδαιμονίαν Ἀλκιβιάδης γενέσθαι, ᾧ σκέψασθε τίνων ὑπαρχόντων καὶ ποίων τινῶν πρὸς τὸν δῆμον πῶς ἐχρήσανθʼ ὑμῶν οἱ πρόγονοι, ἐπειδὴ βδελυρὸς καὶ ὑβριστὴς ᾤετο δεῖν εἶναι. καὶ οὐκ ἀπεικάσαι δήπου Μειδίαν Ἀλκιβιάδῃ βουλόμενος τούτου μέμνημαι τοῦ λόγου (οὐχ οὕτως εἴμʼ ἄφρων οὐδʼ ἀπόπληκτος ἐγώ), ἀλλʼ ἵνʼ εἰδῆθʼ ὑμεῖς, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ γνῶθʼ ὅτι οὐδὲν οὔτʼ ἔστιν οὔτʼ ἔσται, οὐ γένος, οὐ πλοῦτος, οὐ δύναμις, ὅ τι τοῖς πολλοῖς ὑμῖν, ἂν ὕβρις προσῇ, προσήκει φέρειν.

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου, ed. Samuel Henry Butcher. 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.tlg021.local001/.