# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 5.5

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XI, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/5.5

οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Λεωνίδην ἀκούσαντες τῶν ἀγγέλων ἀπεκρίναντο, ὅτι καὶ συμμαχοῦντες τῷ βασιλεῖ χρησιμώτεροι μετὰ τῶν ὅπλων ἔσονται καὶ πολεμεῖν ἀναγκαζόμενοι μετὰ τούτων γενναιότερον ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἀγωνιοῦνται· περὶ δὲ τῆς χώρας ἣν ὑπισχνεῖται δώσειν, ὅτι πάτριόν ἐστι τοῖς Ἕλλησι μὴ διὰ κακίαν, ἀλλὰ διʼ ἀρετὴν κτᾶσθαι χώραν.

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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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