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οὐκ ἀναμνησθεὶς ὅτι ‘ἥδ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡ σῴζουσα καὶ ταύτης ἔπι’ τελοῦσα μὲν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ καθαίρουσα καὶ καρπουμένη τὰς τῶν χρωμένων οὐσίας ἐξέθρεψε τοσούτους τουτουσί, διδάσκων δ᾽ ὁ πατὴρ γράμματα, ὡς ἐγὼ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἀκούω, πρὸς τῷ τοῦ ἥρω τοῦ ἰατροῦ, ὅπως ἠδύνατο, ἀλλ᾽ οὖν ἐν ταύτῃ γ᾽ ἔζη, ὑπογραμματεύοντες δ᾽ αὐτοὶ καὶ ὑπηρετοῦντες ἁπάσαις ταῖς ἀρχαῖς ἀργύριον εἰλήφεσαν, καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν γραμματεῖς χειροτονηθέντες δύ᾽ ἔτη διετράφησαν ἐν τῇ θόλῳ, πρεσβεύων δ᾽ ἀπέσταλτο νῦν οὗτος ἐκ ταύτης.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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