# πρὸς Κάλλιππον 26

Demosthenes, πρὸς Κάλλιππον, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-9/26

ἀλλὰ νὴ Δία, ἴσως ἂν εἴποι, κερδαίνων τι ἰδίᾳ ὁ πατὴρ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἐκείνῳ μᾶλλον προσετίθετο τὴν γνώμην ἢ τούτῳ. εἶτα πρῶτον μὲν τὸν δυνησόμενον διπλάσιον τοῦ λήμματος κακὸν ποιῆσαι ἠδίκει, ἔπειτα ἐνταῦθα μὲν αἰσχροκερδὴς ἦν, εἰς δὲ τὰς εἰσφορὰς καὶ λῃτουργίας καὶ δωρεὰς τῇ πόλει οὔ;

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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/.