# περὶ τῶν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν 18

Demosthenes, περὶ τῶν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-62/18

διὰ τί γὰρ οὐ φήσουσιν οὗτοι δεῖν ταῦθʼ οὕτως ἔχειν; ἢ ὁμολογίαν τὴν μὲν κατὰ τῆς πόλεως οὖσαν βεβαίαν ἀξιοῦσιν εἶναι, τὴν δὲ σῴζουσαν οὐ συγχωρήσουσιν; ἆρα δίκαιον ταῦτα γίγνεσθαι; κἂν μέν τι ᾖ πρὸς τῶν ἐχθρῶν κατὰ τῆς πόλεως ἐν τοῖς ὅρκοις, τοῦτο μὲν ἰσχυρὸν ἀεὶ ποιήσουσιν· ἐὰν δέ τι ἡμέτερον ᾖ κατʼ ἐκείνων ἅμα δίκαιον καὶ συμφέρον, πρὸς τοῦτο δὲ μαχομένους οὐδέποτε παύσασθαι οἰήσονται δεῖν ἑαυτούς;

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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/.