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ὥσπερ οὖν διὰ τούτων ἤρθη μέγας, ἡνίχ᾽ ἕκαστοι συμφέρον αὐτὸν ἑαυτοῖς ᾤοντό τι πράξειν, οὕτως ὀφείλει διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν τούτων καὶ καθαιρεθῆναι πάλιν, ἐπειδὴ πάνθ᾽ εἵνεχ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ ποιῶν ἐξελήλεγκται. καιροῦ μὲν δή, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πρὸς τοῦτο πάρεστι Φιλίππῳ τὰ πράγματα: ἢ παρελθών τις ἐμοί, μᾶλλον δ᾽ ὑμῖν δειξάτω, ἢ ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτ᾽ ἐγὼ λέγω, ἢ ὡς οἱ τὰ πρῶτ᾽ ἐξηπατημένοι τὰ λοιπὰ πιστεύσουσιν, ἢ ὡς οἱ παρὰ τὴν αὑτῶν ἀξίαν δεδουλωμένοι Θετταλοὶ νῦν οὐκ ἂν ἐλεύθεροι γένοιντ᾽ ἄσμενοι.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1903.
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