# περὶ συντάξεως 18

Demosthenes, περὶ συντάξεως, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-61/18

εἰ δέ τῳ δοκῶ μείζους ἢ κατʼ ἐμαυτὸν λέγειν λόγους, αὐτὸ τοῦτʼ ὀρθῶς αὐτῶν ἔχει· τὸν γὰρ ὑπὲρ τηλικαύτης πόλεως ῥηθησόμενον λόγον καὶ τοιούτων πραγμάτων παντὸς ἑνὸς τοῦ λέγοντος ἀεὶ μείζω φαίνεσθαι δεῖ, καὶ τῆς ἀξίας τῆς ὑμετέρας ἐγγὺς εἶναι, μὴ τῆς τοῦ λέγοντος. ὅτι δʼ οὐδεὶς τῶν ὑφʼ ὑμῶν τιμωμένων ταῦτα λέγει, τὰς προφάσεις ἐγὼ διέξειμʼ ὑμῖν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0014.tlg013.local001/.