# κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος α΄ 45

Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος α΄, Section 45. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-39/45

τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐξετάζειν ἀκριβῶς οἷον ἀνάγκη τὴν φύσιν εἶναι τὸν Ἀριστογείτονι χαίροντα, ἐάσω, ἵνα μὴ πολλὰ καὶ βλάσφημʼ ἀναγκάζωμαι λέγειν καὶ διεξιέναι· ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖνο λέγω. εἰ πονηρός ἐστιν Ἀριστογείτων ἁπλῶς καὶ πικρὸς καὶ συκοφάντης καὶ τοιοῦτος οἷος ὑπισχνεῖται, δίδωμι, συγχωρῶ, Φιλόκρατες, σοὶ τῷ τοιούτῳ τὸν ὅμοιον σῴζειν· τῶν γὰρ ἄλλων ἁπάντων καὶ φρονούντων ἃ δεῖ καὶ φυλαττόντων τοὺς νόμους, οὐδὲν ἂν παρὰ τοῦτʼ οἶμαι γενέσθαι.

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος α΄, 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.tlg025.local001/.