# Ὀλυνθιακὸς β΄ 4

Demosthenes, Ὀλυνθιακὸς β΄, Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-53/4

ταῦτα μὲν οὖν παραλείψω. καὶ γὰρ εἰ μετʼ ἀληθείας τις, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, σκοποῖτο, ἐνθένδʼ ἂν αὐτὸν ἴδοι μέγαν γεγενημένον, οὐχὶ παρʼ αὑτοῦ. ὧν οὖν ἐκεῖνος μὲν ὀφείλει τοῖς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πεπολιτευμένοις χάριν, ὑμῖν δὲ δίκην προσήκει λαβεῖν, τούτων οὐχὶ νῦν ὁρῶ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ λέγειν· ἃ δὲ καὶ χωρὶς τούτων ἔνι, καὶ βέλτιόν ἐστιν ἀκηκοέναι πάντας ὑμᾶς, καὶ μεγάλʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, κατʼ ἐκείνου φαίνοιτʼ ἂν ὀνείδη βουλομένοις ὀρθῶς δοκιμάζειν, ταῦτʼ εἰπεῖν πειράσομαι.

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Demosthenes, Ὀλυνθιακὸς β΄, 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.tlg002.local001/.