# πρὸς Βοιωτὸν περὶ προικὸς μητρῴας 9

Demosthenes, πρὸς Βοιωτὸν περὶ προικὸς μητρῴας, Section 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-7/9

καὶ οὕτως οὐ πάντα γε ἦν ὑπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας κεκρατημένος, ὥστε οὐδὲ τῆς μητρὸς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀποθανούσης ἠξίωσεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν παρʼ ἑαυτὸν εἰσδέξασθαι, οὐδὲ τούτους, ὡς υἱεῖς εἰσιν αὑτοῦ, πεισθῆναι· ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον οὗτοι διῆγον οὐκ ὄντες τοῦ ἐμοῦ πατρός, ὡς καὶ ὑμῶν οἱ πολλοὶ ἴσασιν, ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὗτος αὐξηθεὶς καὶ μεθʼ αὑτοῦ παρασκευασάμενος ἐργαστήριον συκοφαντῶν, ὧν ἡγεμὼν ἦν Μνησικλῆς καὶ Μενεκλῆς ἐκεῖνος ὁ τὴν Νῖνον ἑλών, μεθʼ ὧν οὗτος ἐδικάζετό

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Demosthenes, πρὸς Βοιωτὸν περὶ προικὸς μητρῴας, ed. William Rennie. 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.tlg040.local001/.