# περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην 8

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-3/8

ἔτι τοίνυν ὑμᾶς κἀκεῖνʼ ἐνθυμεῖσθαι δεῖ, ὅτι ἐκ τῶν νῦν ὑπαρχόντων νόμων καὶ πάλαι κυρίων, οὓς οὐδʼ ἂν αὐτὸς οὗτος ἀντείποι μὴ οὐχὶ καλῶς ἔχειν, ἐνιαυτὸν διαλιπὼν ἕκαστος λῃτουργεῖ, ὥστε τὸν ἥμισύν ἐστʼ ἀτελὴς τοῦ χρόνου. εἶθʼ ἧς πᾶσι μέτεστι τὸ ἥμισυ καὶ τοῖς μηδʼ ὁτιοῦν ἀγαθὸν πεποιηκόσιν ὑμᾶς, ταύτης τοὺς εὖ ποιήσαντας, ὃ προστεθείκαμεν αὐτοῖς, τοῦτʼ ἀφελώμεθα; μηδαμῶς· οὔτε γὰρ ἄλλως καλὸν οὔθʼ ὑμῖν πρέπον.

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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/.