# κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος β΄ 24

Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος β΄, Section 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-40/24

πῶς δʼ οὐκ ἂν εἴη τὸ συμβαῖνον ἄλογον, εἰ νομοθετοῦντες μὲν ὀργίζεσθε τοῖς πονηροῖς, ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ δέ τινας εἰληφότες ἀθῴους ἐάσετε; καὶ τὸν μὲν νομοθέτην ἕνʼ ὄντα πᾶσιν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἀπεχθάνεσθαι τοῖς φαύλοις, ὑμᾶς δὲ μηδʼ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν κοινῇ συλλεγέντας ἐπιδείξασθαι μισοῦντας τοὺς πονηρούς, ἀλλʼ ὑφʼ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς πονηρίας ἡττηθῆναι; καὶ θάνατον μὲν ὡρικέναι τὴν ζημίαν, ἐάν τις οὐκ ὄντα νόμον παράσχηται, τοὺς δὲ τοὺς ὄντας εἰς τὴν τῶν οὐκ ὄντων νόμων τάξιν ἄγοντας, τούτους ἀτιμωρήτους περιορᾶν;

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος β΄, 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.tlg026.local001/.