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ἀλλ᾽ ἔγωγε μὰ τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς Ὀλυμπίους οὐδ᾽ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἡμέραις ἄξιον ἡγοῦμαι μεμνῆσθαι τοῦ θηρίου τούτου κἀκείνων τῶν ἀνδρῶν. ἐπιδειξάτω τοίνυν Δημοσθένης1 εἴ που γέγραπταί τινα τούτων τῶν ἀνδρῶν στεφανῶσαι. ἀχάριστος ἄρ᾽ ἦν ὁ δῆμος; οὔκ, ἀλλὰ μεγαλόφρων, κἀκεῖνοί γε2 τῆς πόλεως ἄξιοι: οὐ γὰρ ᾤοντο δεῖν ἐν τοῖς γράμμασι τιμᾶσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τῇ μνήμῃ τῶν εὖ πεπονθότων, ἣ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου τοῦ χρόνου μέχρι τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας ἀθάνατος οὖσα διαμένει. δωρεὰς δὲ τίνας ἐλάμβανον, ἄξιόν ἐστι μνησθῆναι.
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