# Ἀπομνημονεύματα 2.37-2

Xenophon, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, Ἀπομνημονευμάτων Δ, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-11/2.37-2

πάντως δήπου, ἔφη. δοκεῖ οὖν σοι δυνατὸν εἶναι δημοκρατίαν εἰδέναι μὴ εἰδότα δῆμον; μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔμοιγε. καὶ δῆμον ἄρʼ οἶσθα τί ἐστιν; οἶμαι ἔγωγε. καὶ τί νομίζεις δῆμον εἶναι; τοὺς πένητας τῶν πολιτῶν ἔγωγε. καὶ τοὺς πένητας ἄρα οἶσθα; πῶς γὰρ οὔ; ἆρʼ οὖν καὶ τοὺς πλουσίους οἶσθα; οὐδέν γε ἧττον ἢ καὶ τοὺς πένητας. ποίους δὲ πένητας καὶ ποίους πλουσίους καλεῖς; τοὺς μέν, οἶμαι, μὴ ἱκανὰ ἔχοντας εἰς ἃ δεῖ τελεῖν πένητας, τοὺς δὲ πλείω τῶν ἱκανῶν πλουσίους.

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Xenophon, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. 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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