# περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην 126

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, Section 126. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-3/126

εἰ γὰρ ἃ μηδένʼ ἄλλον ἔχουσι τρόπον δεῖξαι δίκαιον ὑμᾶς ἀφελέσθαι, ταῦτʼ ἐπὶ τῷ τῶν θεῶν ὀνόματι ποιεῖν ζητήσουσιν, πῶς οὐκ ἀσεβέστατον ἔργον καὶ δεινότατον πράξουσιν; χρὴ γάρ, ὡς γοῦν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, ὅσα τις πράττει τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιφημίζων, τοιαῦτα φαίνεσθαι οἷα μηδʼ ἂν ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπου πραχθέντα πονηρὰ φανείη. ὅτι δʼ οὐκ ἔστι ταὐτὸν ἱερῶν ἀτέλειαν ἔχειν καὶ λῃτουργιῶν, ἀλλʼ οὗτοι τὸ τῶν λῃτουργιῶν ὄνομʼ ἐπὶ τὸ τῶν ἱερῶν μεταφέροντες ἐξαπατᾶν ζητοῦσι, Λεπτίνην ὑμῖν αὐτὸν ἐγὼ παρασχήσομαι μάρτυρα.

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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/.