# παραγραφὴ πρὸς Ναυσίμακον καὶ Ξενοπείθην 18

Demosthenes, παραγραφὴ πρὸς Ναυσίμακον καὶ Ξενοπείθην, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-14/18

ἀκούετʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τοῦ νόμου λέγοντος ἄντικρυς, ἐὰν μὴ πέντʼ ἐτῶν δικάσωνται, μηκέτʼ εἶναι δίκην. οὐκοῦν ἐλάχομεν, φαῖεν ἄν. καὶ διελύσασθέ γε, ὥστʼ οὐκ εἰσὶν αὖθις ὑμῖν δίκαι. ἢ δεινόν γʼ ἂν εἴη, εἰ τῶν μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἀδικημάτων οὐ δίδωσιν ἔξω πέντʼ ἐτῶν τὰς δίκας τοῖς ὀρφανοῖς ὁ νόμος κατὰ τῶν οὐκ ἀφειμένων ἐπιτρόπων, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς ἐξ ἐκείνων ἡμᾶς, περὶ ὧν αὐτοὺς ἀφήκατε, εἰκοστῷ νῦν ἔτει δίκην τελέσαισθʼ ὑμεῖς.

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Demosthenes, παραγραφὴ πρὸς Ναυσίμακον καὶ Ξενοπείθην, 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.tlg038.local001/.