# περὶ τῶν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν 16

Demosthenes, περὶ τῶν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-62/16

ἔτι δʼ ἕτερον δείξω τὸ λελυκὸς τὰς συνθήκας. ἔστι γὰρ γεγραμμένον, ἐκ τῶν πόλεων τῶν κοινωνουσῶν τῆς εἰρήνης μὴ ἐξεῖναι φυγάδας ὁρμήσαντας ὅπλʼ ἐπιφέρειν ἐπὶ πολέμῳ ἐπὶ μηδεμίαν πόλιν τῶν μετεχουσῶν τῆς εἰρήνης· εἰ δὲ μή, ἔκσπονδον εἶναι τὴν πόλιν ἐξ ἧς ἂν ὁρμήσωσιν. οὕτω τοίνυν ῥᾳδίως ἐπήνεγκε τὰ ὅπλʼ ὁ Μακεδὼν ὥστʼ οὐδὲ κατέθετο πώποτε, ἀλλʼ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἔχων περιέρχεται καθʼ ὅσον δύναται, καὶ τοσούτῳ νῦν μᾶλλον ἢ πρότερον, ὅσῳ ἐκ προστάγματος ἄλλους θʼ ἑτέρωσε καὶ τὸν παιδοτρίβην εἰς Σικυῶνα κατήγαγεν.

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Demosthenes, περὶ τῶν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν, 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.tlg017.local001/.