# κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων 53

Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων, Section 53. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-2/53

καίτοι, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τί οἴεσθʼ ὁπότʼ ἄνθρωπος πένης ἢ καὶ πλούσιος, πολλὰ δʼ ἀνηλωκὼς καί τινʼ ἴσως τρόπον εἰκότως οὐκ εὐπορῶν ἀργυρίου, ἢ τέγος ὡς τοὺς γείτονας ὑπερβαίνοι, ἢ ὑποδύοιθʼ ὑπὸ κλίνην ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ τὸ σῶμʼ ἁλοὺς εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἕλκεσθαι, ἢ ἄλλʼ ἀσχημονοίη ἃ δούλων, οὐκ ἐλευθέρων ἐστὶν ἔργα, καὶ ταῦθʼ ὑπὸ τῆς αὑτοῦ γυναικὸς ὁρῷτο ποιῶν, ἣν ὡς ἐλεύθερος ἠγγυήσατο καὶ τῆς πόλεως πολίτης, ὁ δὲ τούτων αἴτιος Ἀνδροτίων εἴη, ὃν οὐδʼ ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ δίκην λαμβάνειν ἐᾷ τὰ πεπραγμένα καὶ βεβιωμένα, μή τί γʼ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως;

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων, ed. Samuel Henry Butcher. 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.
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