# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 213

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 213. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/213

ἐπειδὴ φῆσαι τοὺς δικαστάς, εἰπεῖν ὅτι αὐτὸς ἡγεῖται ἀργύριον μὲν νόμισμʼ εἶναι τῶν ἰδίων συναλλαγμάτων εἵνεκα τοῖς ἰδιώταις εὑρημένον, τοὺς δὲ νόμους νόμισμα τῆς πόλεως εἶναι. δεῖν δὴ τοὺς δικαστὰς πολλῷ μᾶλλον, εἴ τις ὃ τῆς πόλεώς ἐστι νόμισμα, τοῦτο διαφθείρει καὶ παράσημον εἰσφέρει, μισεῖν καὶ κολάζειν, ἢ εἴ τις ἐκεῖνʼ ὃ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν ἐστιν.

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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/.