# περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην 17

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-3/17

ὁ τοίνυν τὴν πίστιν ἀφαιρῶν τῶν δωρειῶν νόμος, οὗτος, ᾧ μόνῳ κρείττους εἰσὶν αἱ παρʼ ὑμῶν δωρειαί, τοῦτʼ ἀφαιρεῖται. καίτοι τῶν ἁπασῶν ἧς ἄν τινος πολιτείας τὸ κομίζεσθαι τοὺς εὔνους τοῖς καθεστῶσιν χάριν ἐξέλῃς, οὐ μικρὰν φυλακὴν αὐτῶν ταύτην ἀφῃρηκὼς ἔσει.

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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/.