# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 142

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 142. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/142

οἱ δὲ παρʼ ἡμῖν ῥήτορες, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πρῶτον μὲν ὅσοι μῆνες μικροῦ δέουσι νομοθετεῖν τὰ αὑτοῖς συμφέροντα, ἔπειτʼ αὐτοὶ μὲν τοὺς ἰδιώτας εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἄγουσιν ὅταν ἄρχωσιν, ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῖς δʼ οὐκ οἴονται δεῖν ταὐτὸ δίκαιον τοῦτʼ εἶναι· ἔπειτα τοὺς μὲν τοῦ Σόλωνος νόμους τοὺς πάλαι δεδοκιμασμένους, οὓς οἱ πρόγονοι ἔθεντο, λύουσιν αὐτοί, τοῖς δʼ ἑαυτῶν, οὓς ἐπʼ ἀδικίᾳ τῆς πόλεως τιθέασιν, χρῆσθαι ὑμᾶς οἴονται δεῖν.

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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/.