# κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων 8

Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-2/8

περὶ τοίνυν τοῦ νόμου τοῦ διαρρήδην οὐκ ἐῶντος ἐξεῖναι μὴ ποιησαμένῃ τῇ βουλῇ τὰς τριήρεις αἰτῆσαι τὴν δωρειάν, ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀκοῦσαι τὴν ἀπολογίαν ἣν ποιήσεται, καὶ θεωρῆσαι τὴν ἀναίδειαν τοῦ τρόπου διʼ ὧν ἐγχειρεῖ λέγειν. ὁ νόμος, φησίν, οὐκ ἐᾷ τὴν βουλὴν αἰτῆσαι τὴν δωρειάν, ἐὰν μὴ ποιήσηται τὰς τριήρεις· ὁμολογῶ. δοῦναι δέ γʼ οὐδαμοῦ, φησί, κωλύει τὸν δῆμον. ἐγὼ δʼ, εἰ μὲν ἔδωκʼ αἰτούσῃ, παρὰ τὸν νόμον εἴρηκα· εἰ δὲ μὴ πεποίημαι μνείαν περὶ τῶν νεῶν ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ ψηφίσματι, ἀλλʼ ἕτερʼ ἄττα λέγω διʼ ἃ τὴν βουλὴν στεφανῶ, πῶς παρὰ τὸν νόμον εἴρηκα;

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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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