# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 116

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 116. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/116

καὶ οὐκ ἀπέχρησεν ὑπὲρ τῶν μελλόντων αὐτῷ ταῦτʼ ἀδικεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἴ τις ἄρʼ ἠδικηκὼς καὶ κεκολασμένος ἦν, καὶ τοῦτον ἀφῆκεν. καίτοι ἔγωγʼ ᾤμην δεῖν τὸν νομοθετοῦντα περὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἔσεσθαι, οἷα δεῖ γίγνεσθαι καὶ ὡς ἕκαστʼ ἔχειν, καὶ τὰς τιμωρίας ὁποίας τινὰς ἐφʼ ἑκάστοις δεῖ τοῖς ἀδικήμασιν εἶναι, περὶ τούτων νομοθετεῖν· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι τὸ ἐφʼ ἅπασι τοῖς πολίταις κοινοὺς τοὺς νόμους τιθέναι. τὸ δὲ περὶ τῶν γεγονότων πραγμάτων νόμους γράφειν, οὐ νομοθετεῖν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας σῴζειν.

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, 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.tlg024.local001/.