# πρὸς Κάλλιππον 1

Demosthenes, πρὸς Κάλλιππον, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-9/1

οὐκ ἔστιν χαλεπώτερον οὐδέν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἢ ὅταν ἄνθρωπος δόξαν ἔχων καὶ δυνάμενος εἰπεῖν τολμᾷ ψεύδεσθαι καὶ μαρτύρων εὐπορῇ. ἀνάγκη γάρ ἐστιν τῷ φεύγοντι μηκέτι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος μόνον λέγειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ λέγοντος, ὡς οὐκ εἰκὸς αὐτῷ διὰ τὴν δόξαν πιστεύειν.

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Demosthenes, πρὸς Κάλλιππον, 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.tlg052.local001/.