# περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην 114

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, Section 114. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-3/114

ὡς δὲ τἀληθές τʼ ἔχει καὶ δίκαιόν ἐστι λέγειν, ἐγὼ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐρῶ. ἦσαν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πολλοὶ τῶν πρότερον σπουδαῖοι, καὶ ἡ πόλις ἡμῶν ἐτίμα καὶ τότε τοὺς ἀγαθούς· αἱ μέντοι τιμαὶ καὶ τἄλλα πάντα τὰ μὲν τότʼ ἦν ἐπὶ τοῖς τότʼ ἔθεσιν, τὰ δὲ νῦν ἐπὶ τοῖς νῦν. πρὸς οὖν τί τοῦτο λέγω; ὅτι φήσαιμʼ ἂν ἔγωγʼ ἐκείνους οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅτου παρὰ τῆς πόλεως οὐ τυχεῖν ὧν ἐβουλήθησαν.

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Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0014.tlg020.local001/.