# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 120

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 120. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/120

οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἐρεῖ γʼ ὡς τοὺς τοιούτους οὐ καὶ προσήκει καὶ οἱ νόμοι κελεύουσιν ταῖς μεγίσταις τιμωρίαις ἐνόχους εἶναι, οὐδʼ ὡς οὗτοι, ὑπὲρ ὧν εὕρηκε τὸν νόμον, οὐ καὶ κλέπται καὶ ἱερόσυλοί εἰσιν, τὰ μὲν ἱερά, τὰς δεκάτας τῆς θεοῦ καὶ τὰς πεντηκοστὰς τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν, σεσυληκότες καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀποδοῦναι αὐτοὶ ἔχοντες, τὰ δʼ ὅσια, ἃ ἐγίγνετο ὑμέτερα, κεκλοφότες. διαφέρει δὲ τοσοῦτον αὐτῶν ἡ ἱεροσυλία τῶν ἄλλων, ὅτι τὴν ἀρχὴν οὐδʼ ἀνήνεγκαν εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, δέον αὐτούς.

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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/.