# κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου 189

Demosthenes, κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου, Section 189. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-45/189

καὶ ῥήτωρ ἐστὶν οὗτος ἴσως ἐμὲ φήσει λέγων. ἐγὼ δʼ, εἰ μὲν ὁ συμβουλεύων ὅ τι ἂν συμφέρειν ὑμῖν ἡγῆται, καὶ τοῦτʼ ἄχρι τοῦ μηδὲν ὑμῖν ἐνοχλεῖν μηδὲ βιάζεσθαι, ῥήτωρ ἐστίν, οὔτε φύγοιμʼ ἂν οὔτʼ ἀπαρνοῦμαι τοῦτο τοὔνομα· εἰ μέντοι ῥήτωρ ἐστὶν οἵους ἐνίους τῶν λεγόντων ἐγὼ καὶ ὑμεῖς δʼ ὁρᾶτε, ἀναιδεῖς καὶ ἀφʼ ὑμῶν πεπλουτηκότας, οὐκ ἂν εἴην οὗτος ἐγώ· εἴληφα μὲν γὰρ οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν παρʼ ὑμῶν, τὰ δʼ ὄντʼ εἰς ὑμᾶς πλὴν πάνυ μικρῶν ἅπαντʼ ἀνήλωκα. καίτοι καὶ εἰ τούτων ἦν πονηρότατος, κατὰ τοὺς νόμους ἔδει παρʼ ἐμοῦ δίκην λαμβάνειν, οὐκ ἐφʼ οἷς ἐλῃτούργουν ὑβρίζειν.

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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/.