# Epistulae 23-24

Philip II, King of Macedonia, Epistulae, 23 to 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philip-ii-king-of-macedonia/epistulae/23

(23) καίτοι πῶς ἂν ἐτέρα γένοιτο βεβαιοτέρα ταύτης κτῆσις, τῆς τὸ μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς καταλειφθείσῃς ἡμῖν ὑπὸ τῶν προγόνων, πάλιν δὲ κατὰ πόλεμον ἐμῆς γεγενημένης, τρίτον δὲ συγχωρηθείσης ὑφ’ ὑμῶν τῶν εἰθισμένων ἀμφισβητεῖν καὶ τῶν οὐδὲν ὑμῖν προσηκόντων; (24) ἃ μὲν οὖν ἐγκαλῶ, ταῦτ’ ἐστίν· ὡς δὲ προῦπαρχόντων καὶ διὰ τὴν ἐμὴν εὐλάβειαν μᾶλλον ἤδη τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐπιτιθεμένων καὶ καθ’ ὅσον ἂν δύνησθε κακοποιούντων, ὑμᾶς ἀμυνοῦμαι μετὰ τοῦ δικαίου, καὶ μάρτυρας τοὺς θεοὺς ποιησάμενος διαλήψομαι περὶ τῶν καθ’ ὑμᾶς.

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Philip II, King of Macedonia, Epistulae, ed. Rudolf Hercher. 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/tlg0048.tlg001.local001/.