# κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου 40

Demosthenes, κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου, Section 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-45/40

εἰ μὲν τοίνυν ἐκείνων κατηγορεῖν βούλεταί τις ἐν τῷ παρόντι, δεῖ λέγειν ταῦτα· εἰ δʼ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐγὼ τούτου κατηγόρηκʼ ἀπολογεῖσθαι, πάντα μᾶλλον ἢ ταῦτα λεκτέα. πᾶν γὰρ τοὐναντίον ἐκείνοις αὐτὸς μὲν οὔτε λαβὼν οὐδὲν οὔτʼ ἐπιχειρήσας λαβεῖν φανήσομαι, τὴν δʼ ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τιμωρίαν δικαίως φυλάξας καὶ νῦν ἀποδεδωκὼς ὑμῖν. μὴ τοίνυν ἐᾶτε ταῦτʼ αὐτὸν λέγειν, μηδʼ, ἂν βιάζηται, πείθεσθʼ ὡς δίκαιόν τι λέγοντι.

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου, 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.tlg021.local001/.