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οἱ μὲν ἐπαινοῦντες, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τοὺς προγόνους ὑμῶν λόγον εἰπεῖν μοι δοκοῦσι προαιρεῖσθαι κεχαρισμένον, οὐ μὴν συμφέροντά γ᾽ ἐκείνοις οὓς ἐγκωμιάζουσι ποιεῖν: περὶ γὰρ πραγμάτων ἐγχειροῦντες λέγειν ὧν οὐδ᾽ εἷς ἀξίως ἐφικέσθαι τῷ λόγῳ δύναιτο, αὐτοὶ μὲν τοῦ δοκεῖν δύνασθαι λέγειν δόξαν ἐκφέρονται, τὴν δ᾽ ἐκείνων ἀρετὴν ἐλάττω τῆς ὑπειλημμένης παρὰ τοῖς ἀκούουσιν φαίνεσθαι ποιοῦσιν. ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐκείνων μὲν ἔπαινον τὸν χρόνον ἡγοῦμαι μέγιστον, οὗ πολλοῦ γεγενημένου μείζω τῶν ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνων πραχθέντων οὐδένες ἄλλοι παραδείξασθαι δεδύνηνται:

Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- J. E. Sandys, Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, 44
Cross-references to this page (3):
- William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter III
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, The Article
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Copula
Cross-references in notes to this page (4):
- Demosthenes, Exordia, Dem. Ex. 26.3
- Demosthenes, Exordia, Dem. Ex. 7.1
- Demosthenes, Exordia, Dem. Ex. 8.1
- Demosthenes, On the Liberty of the Rhodians, Dem. 15 6
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (4):
- LSJ, ἐκφέρω
- LSJ, παραδείκ-νυ_μι
- LSJ, ὑπολαμβάνω
- LSJ, χα^ρίζω

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