# Declamatio 3 (Legatio Menelai, Theorema) 1

Libanius, Declamatio 3 (Legatio Menelai, Theorema), Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/declamatio-3-legatio-menelai-theorema/1

Χωρίσας δὲ τὴν πρότασιν ἀπὸ τῆς κατασκευῆς ἀντιθέσεις πεποίηκα δύο. κέχρηται δὲ τῷ θεωρήματι καὶ Δημοσθένης· τί δὲ ἂν εἴποις περὶ Δημοσθένους, ὃς τῶν συμπρέσβεων κατηγορεῖ; καὶ χωρὶς ἀπαντήσας πάλιν ἀντέθηκε τὴν τούτου κατασκευήν· ποῦ δ' ἅλες; ποῦ τράπεζαι; ποῦ σπονδαί; καὶ λύει.

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Libanius Rhet. et Soph., Declamatio 3 (Legatio Menelai, Theorema). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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