# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 205

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 205. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/205

εἰ δέ τις εἰσφέρει νόμον ἐξ οὗ τοῖς ὑμᾶς βουλομένοις ἀδικεῖν ἡ πᾶσʼ ἐξουσία καὶ ἄδεια γενήσεται, οὗτος ὅλην ἀδικεῖ τὴν πόλιν καὶ καταισχύνει πάντας· νόμος γὰρ αἰσχρὸς ὅταν κύριος ᾖ, τῆς πόλεως ὄνειδός ἐστι τῆς θεμένης, καὶ βλάπτει πάντας ὅσοι περ ἂν αὐτῷ χρῶνται. τὸν οὖν καὶ βλάπτειν ὑμᾶς καὶ δόξης ἀναπιμπλάναι φαύλης ἐπιχειροῦντα, τοῦτον οὐ τιμωρήσεσθε λαβόντες;

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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.
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