# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 3.5

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XI, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/3.5

οἷς οἱ σύνεδροι διεσάφησαν, εἰ μὲν δεινότερον ἡγοῦνται τὸ στρατηγὸν ἔχειν Ἕλληνα ἢ δεσπότην βάρβαρον, ὀρθῶς αὐτοὺς ἔχειν ἡσυχίαν, εἰ δὲ φιλοτιμοῦνται λαβεῖν τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἡγεμονίαν, ἄξια ταύτης δεῖν ἔφασαν αὐτοὺς πεπραχότας ἐπιζητεῖν τὴν τηλικαύτην δόξαν. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τῶν παρὰ Ξέρξου πρέσβεων ἐπιόντων τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτούντων, αἱ πόλεις ἅπασαι διὰ τῶν ἀποκρίσεων ἀπεδείκνυντο τὴν περὶ τῆς κοινῆς ἐλευθερίας σπουδήν.

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Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), ed. C. H. Oldfather, Charles L. Sherman, C. Bradford Welles. 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.
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