# περὶ συντάξεως 16

Demosthenes, περὶ συντάξεως, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-61/16

καὶ νὴ Δίʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἕτεροί γε λόγοι παρερρυήκασι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ψευδεῖς, καὶ πολλὰ τὴν πολιτείαν βλάπτοντες, οἷον ἐν τοῖς δικαστηρίοις ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἡ σωτηρία, καὶ δεῖ τῇ ψήφῳ τὴν πολιτείαν ὑμᾶς φυλάττειν. ἐγὼ δʼ οἶδʼ ὅτι ταῦτα μὲν ὑμῖν τῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους δικαίων ἐστὶ κύρια, ἐν δὲ τοῖς ὅπλοις δεῖ κρατεῖν τῶν ἐχθρῶν, καὶ διὰ τούτων ἐστὶν ἡ σωτηρία τῆς πολιτείας.

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Demosthenes, περὶ συντάξεως, 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.
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