# περὶ συντάξεως 26

Demosthenes, περὶ συντάξεως, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-61/26

σκέψασθε δʼ ἅ τις κεφάλαιʼ ἂν ἔχοι εἰπεῖν τῶν τʼ ἐκείνοις πεπραγμένων καὶ τῶν ὑμῖν, ἂν ἄρʼ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἀλλʼ ἐκ τούτων γε δύνησθε γενέσθαι. πέντε μὲν καὶ τετταράκοντʼ ἔτη τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἦρξαν ἑκόντων ἐκεῖνοι, πλείω δʼ ἢ μύρια τάλαντʼ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀνήγαγον, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ καλὰ καὶ πεζῇ καὶ ναυμαχοῦντες ἔστησαν τρόπαια, ἐφʼ οἷς ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἡμεῖς φιλοτιμούμεθα. καίτοι νομίζετʼ αὐτοὺς ταῦτα στῆσαι, οὐχ ἵνα θαυμάζωμεν ἡμεῖς θεωροῦντες αὐτά, ἀλλʼ ἵνα καὶ μιμώμεθα τὰς τῶν ἀναθέντων ἀρετάς.

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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/.