Demosthenes, For the Liberty of the Rhodians, ed. Samuel Henry Butcher, 11

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[11] ὅτι δʼ οὐδʼ ἂν ἐναντιωθῆναί μοι δοκεῖ τῇ πράξει ταύτῃ νῦν Ἀρτεμισία τῆς πόλεως οὔσης ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων, μίκρʼ ἀκούσαντες σκοπεῖτε εἴτʼ ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτʼ εἴτε μή. ἐγὼ νομίζω, πράττοντος μὲν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πάνθʼ ὡς ὥρμηκε βασιλέως, σφόδρʼ ἂν Ἀρτεμισίαν πειραθῆναι περιποιῆσαι Ῥόδον αὐτῷ, οὐ τῇ βασιλέως εὐνοίᾳ, ἀλλὰ τῷ βούλεσθαι πλησίον αὐτῆς διατρίβοντος ἐκείνου μεγάλην εὐεργεσίαν καταθέσθαι πρὸς αὐτόν, ἵνʼ ὡς οἰκειότατʼ αὐτὴν ἀποδέχηται·

For the Liberty of the Rhodians. Demosthenes. ed. Samuel Henry Butcher. Oxford. 1903.

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ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας (Greek) (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.)

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For the Liberty of the Rhodians Perseus (Demosthenes, Vol. I: Olynthiacs, Philippics, Minor Public Speeches, Speech Against Leptines, I-XVII, XX. Vince, J. H., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930 (printing).) — 11 focus

[11] But since I believe that neither would Artemisia now oppose this action on our part, if our State were once committed to it, give me your attention for a little and consider whether my reasoning is sound or not. I think that if the King’s designs in Egypt were meeting with any success, Artemisia would make a big effort to secure Rhodes for him, not from any goodwill towards him, but because, while he is in her neighborhood, she would like to put him under a great obligation, so that he may give her as cordial a recognition¹ as possible.

Demosthenes For the Liberty of the Rhodians 11

ed. Samuel Henry Butcher

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