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ἔπειτα τὸ δεινότατον: εἰ καὶ δεδωκότες ἦθ᾽ ὡς μάλιστα τὴν προῖκα, ἣν οὐ δεδώκατε, τίς ὁ τούτων αἴτιος; οὐχ ὑμεῖς, ἐπεὶ ἐπὶ τἄμ᾽ ἔδοτε; οὐχ ὅλοις ἔτεσιν πρότερον δέκα τἀμὰ λαβὼν εἶχεν ἐκεῖνος ὧν ὦφλεν τὴν δίκην, ἢ κηδεστήν σοι γενέσθαι; ἢ σὲ μὲν δεῖ κομίσασθαι πάντα, τὸν δὲ καὶ καταδικασάμενον καὶ δι᾽ ὀρφανίαν ἠδικημένον καὶ προικὸς ἀληθινῆς ἀπεστερημένον, ὃν μόνον ἀνθρώπων οὐδὲ τῆς ἐπωβελίας ἄξιον ἦν κινδυνεύειν, ἠναγκάσθαι τοιαῦτα παθεῖν, κεκομισμένον μηδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν, καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἐθέλοντα ποιεῖν ἐφ᾽ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς, εἴ τι τῶν δεόντων ἐβούλεσθε πράττειν;
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.
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