# κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου 44

Demosthenes, κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου, Section 44. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-45/44

οὐ μόνον δʼ ἐπὶ τούτων τοῖς ἐκ προαιρέσεως ὑβρισταῖς χαλεποὺς ὄντας ἰδεῖν ἔστι τοὺς νόμους, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐφʼ ἁπάντων. τί γὰρ δή ποτʼ, ἄν τις ὀφλὼν δίκην μὴ ἐκτίνῃ, οὐκέτʼ ἐποίησʼ ὁ νόμος τὴν ἐξούλην ἰδίαν, ἀλλὰ προστιμᾶν ἐπέταξε τῷ δημοσίῳ; καὶ πάλιν τί δή ποτʼ, ἂν μὲν ἑκὼν παρʼ ἑκόντος τις λάβῃ τάλαντον ἓν ἢ δύʼ ἢ δέκα καὶ ταῦτʼ ἀποστερήσῃ, οὐδὲν αὐτῷ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν ἐστίν, ἂν δὲ μικροῦ πάνυ τιμήματος ἄξιόν τις λάβῃ, βίᾳ δὲ τοῦτʼ ἀφέληται, τὸ ἴσον τῷ δημοσίῳ προστιμᾶν οἱ νόμοι κελεύουσιν ὅσον περ δὴ τῷ ἰδιώτῃ;

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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/.