# Κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου 1

Andocides, Κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/andocides/text-4/1

οὐκ ἐν τῷ παρόντι μόνον γιγνώσκω τῶν πολιτικῶν πραγμάτων ὡς σφαλερόν ἐστιν ἅπτεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρότερον χαλεπὸν ἡγούμην, πρὶν τῶν κοινῶν ἐπιμελεῖσθαί τινος. πολίτου δὲ ἀγαθοῦ νομίζω προκινδυνεύειν ἐθέλειν τοῦ πλήθους, καὶ μὴ καταδείσαντα τὰς ἔχθρας τὰς ἰδίας ὑπὲρ τῶν δημοσίων ἔχειν ἡσυχίαν· διὰ μὲν γὰρ τοὺς τῶν ἰδίων ἐπιμελουμένους οὐδὲν αἱ πόλεις μείζους καθίστανται, διὰ δὲ τοὺς τῶν κοινῶν μεγάλαι καὶ ἐλεύθεραι γίγνονται.

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Andocides, Κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου, ed. Kenneth John Maidment. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0027.tlg004.local001/.