# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 126

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 126. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/126

ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα τὰ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ; ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ ταῦτα δεδέσθαι αὐτῷ οὐχ ἧττον προσήκει ἢ διʼ ἅπερ ὑφείλετο. ἢ ὅτι εἰσῄει εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν οὐκ ἐξὸν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐκ ταύτης τοὺς σωφρόνως βεβιωκότας αὐτὸς ἦγεν εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον; ἀλλὰ Μελάνωπος δεινὸν νὴ Δίʼ ἐστὶν εἰ δεθήσεσθαι νῦν ἔμελλεν.

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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/.