# περὶ τῶν συμμοριῶν 11

Demosthenes, περὶ τῶν συμμοριῶν, Section 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-63/11

ἐπεὶ δὲ πάσης ἐστὶ παρασκευῆς ὁ αὐτὸς τρόπος καὶ δεῖ ταὔτʼ εἶναι κεφάλαια τῆς δυνάμεως, τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἀμύνασθαι δύνασθαι, τοῖς οὖσι συμμάχοις βοηθεῖν, τὰ ὑπάρχοντʼ ἀγαθὰ σῴζειν, τί τοὺς ὁμολογουμένως ἐχθροὺς ἔχοντες ἑτέρους ζητοῦμεν; ἀλλὰ παρασκευασώμεθα μὲν πρὸς αὐτούς, ἀμυνούμεθα δὲ κἀκεῖνον, ἂν ἡμᾶς ἀδικεῖν ἐπιχειρῇ.

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Demosthenes, περὶ τῶν συμμοριῶν, 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.tlg014.local001/.