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οὐ δὴ Κόνων ὁ τοιοῦτος πιστός ἐστιν ὀμνύων, οὐδὲ πολλοῦ δεῖ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μηδ᾽ εὔορκον ἑκὼν μηδὲν ἂν ὀμόσας, κατὰ δὲ δὴ παίδων ὧν μὴ νομίζετε μηδ᾽ ἂν μελλήσας, ἀλλὰ κἂν ὁτιοῦν παθὼν πρότερον, εἰ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀναγκαῖον, ὀμνύων ὡς νόμιμον, κατ᾽ ἐξωλείας αὑτοῦ καὶ γένους καὶ οἰκίας, ἀξιοπιστότερος τοῦ κατὰ τῶν παίδων ὀμνύοντος καὶ διὰ τοῦ πυρός. ἐγὼ τοίνυν ὁ δικαιότερόν σου πιστευθεὶς ἂν κατὰ πάντ᾽, ὦ Κόνων, ἠθέλησ᾽ ὀμόσαι ταυτί, οὐχ ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι δίκην ὧν ἠδίκηκα, καὶ ὁτιοῦν ποιῶν, ὥσπερ σύ, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ προσυβρισθῆναι, ὡς οὐ κατεπιορκησόμενος τὸ πρᾶγμα. λέγε τὴν πρόκλησιν.“Πρόκλησις”
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1931.
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