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μετὰ ταῦτα προὐκαλεῖθ᾽ ὁ Πρῶτος αὐτὸν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν τῶν Συρακοσίων, κἂν μὲν ἐωνημένος τὸν σῖτον ἐκεῖνος φαίνηται καὶ τὰ τέλη κείμεν᾽ ἐκείνῳ καὶ τὰς τιμὰς ὁ διαλύων ἐκεῖνος, τοῦτον πονηρὸν ὄντ᾽ ἀξιοῦμεν ζημιοῦσθαι, εἰ δὲ μή, καὶ τὰ διάφορ᾽ ἀπολαβεῖν καὶ τάλαντον προσλαβεῖν, καὶ τοῦ σίτου ἀφιστάμεθα. ταῦτ᾽ ἐκείνου προκαλουμένου καὶ λέγοντος καὶ ἡμῶν οὐδὲν ἦν πλέον, ἀλλ᾽ ἦν αἵρεσις ἢ τοῦτον ἐξάγειν ἢ ἀπολωλεκέναι σωθέντα καὶ παρόντα τὰ ἡμέτερ᾽ αὐτῶν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.
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