# περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην 47

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, Section 47. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-3/47

οὐ γὰρ εἰ ἕτεροι μὲν ἦσαν οἱ τότε σωθέντες ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ δόντες τὴν ἀτέλειαν, ἕτεροι δʼ ὑμεῖς οἱ νῦν ἀφαιρούμενοι, ἀπολύει τοῦτο τὴν αἰσχύνην, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ δὴ τοῦτο καὶ τὸ δεινόν ἐστιν. εἰ γὰρ οἱ μὲν εἰδότες καὶ παθόντες ἄξια τούτων ἐνόμιζον εὖ πάσχειν, ἡμεῖς δʼ οἱ λόγῳ ταῦτʼ ἀκούοντες ὡς ἀναξίων ἀφαιρησόμεθα, πῶς οὐχ ὑπέρδεινον ποιήσομεν;

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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/.