# κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου 88

Demosthenes, κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου, Section 88. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-45/88

δεῖ δὴ τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ὑμᾶς οὑτωσὶ σκέψασθαι, καὶ λογίσασθαι τί ποτʼ ἔσθʼ ὃ παθὼν Μειδίας οὕτως ὠμὸν τηλικαύτην ἐπεβούλευσε λαβεῖν τῶν πεπραγμένων παρʼ ἀνδρὸς πολίτου δίκην, κἂν μὲν ᾖ τι δεινὸν ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ ὑπερφυές, συγγνώμην ἔχειν, ἐὰν δὲ μηδέν, θεάσασθε τὴν ἀσέλγειαν καὶ τὴν ὠμότητα, ᾗ καθʼ ἁπάντων χρῆται τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων. τί οὖν ἔσθʼ ὃ πέπονθεν; μεγάλην νὴ Δίʼ ὦφλε δίκην καὶ τοσαύτην ὥστʼ ἀποστερεῖσθαι τῶν ὄντων. ἀλλὰ χιλίων ἡ δίκη μόνον ἦν δραχμῶν.

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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/.