# Ὀλυνθιακὸς β΄ 8

Demosthenes, Ὀλυνθιακὸς β΄, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-53/8

ὥσπερ οὖν διὰ τούτων ἤρθη μέγας, ἡνίχʼ ἕκαστοι συμφέρον αὐτὸν ἑαυτοῖς ᾤοντό τι πράξειν, οὕτως ὀφείλει διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν τούτων καὶ καθαιρεθῆναι πάλιν, ἐπειδὴ πάνθʼ εἵνεχʼ ἑαυτοῦ ποιῶν ἐξελήλεγκται. καιροῦ μὲν δή, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πρὸς τοῦτο πάρεστι Φιλίππῳ τὰ πράγματα· ἢ παρελθών τις ἐμοί, μᾶλλον δʼ ὑμῖν δειξάτω, ἢ ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτʼ ἐγὼ λέγω, ἢ ὡς οἱ τὰ πρῶτʼ ἐξηπατημένοι τὰ λοιπὰ πιστεύσουσιν, ἢ ὡς οἱ παρὰ τὴν αὑτῶν ἀξίαν δεδουλωμένοι νῦν οὐκ ἂν ἐλεύθεροι γένοιντʼ ἄσμενοι.

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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/.