# πρὸς τὴν Λάκριτον παραγραφὴν 45

Demosthenes, πρὸς τὴν Λάκριτον παραγραφὴν, Section 45. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-11/45

καὶ εἴ γέ τις ἡμῶν φεύγων δίκην ὑπὸ τούτου παραγραφὴν ἐτόλμησε παραγράφεσθαι, μὴ εἰσαγώγιμον εἶναι τὴν δίκην, εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι ἠγανάκτει ἂν αὐτὸς καὶ ἐσχετλίαζε πρὸς ὑμᾶς, δεινὰ φάσκων πάσχειν καὶ παρανομεῖσθαι, εἰ μή τις αὐτῷ τὴν δίκην ψηφιεῖται εἰσαγώγιμον εἶναι, ἐμπορικὴν οὖσαν. ἔπειτα, ὦ Λάκριτε, σοὶ μὲν τοῦτο δίκαιον δοκεῖ εἶναι, ἐμοὶ δὲ διὰ τί οὐκ ἔσται; οὐχ ἅπασιν ἡμῖν οἱ αὐτοὶ νόμοι γεγραμμένοι εἰσὶν καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ δίκαιον περὶ τῶν ἐμπορικῶν δικῶν;

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Demosthenes, πρὸς τὴν Λάκριτον παραγραφὴν, ed. William Rennie. 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/tlg0014.tlg035.local001/.