# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 31

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/31

ἢ πῶς οὐ σχέτλιον τὴν μὲν πόλιν ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν δεδωκέναι ἄδειαν τοῦ μή τι παθεῖν ἀηδὲς ἢ δεινὸν ἐν τούτῳ τῷ χρόνῳ ποιήσασαν ἱερομηνίαν, αὐτὴν δὲ μὴ τετυχηκέναι ταύτης τῆς ἀσφαλείας παρὰ Τιμοκράτους, ἀλλʼ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἱερομηνίᾳ τὰ μέγιστʼ ἠδικῆσθαι; τί γὰρ ἄν τις μεῖζον ἠδίκησʼ ἰδιώτης ἀνὴρ ἢ καταλύων τοὺς νόμους αὐτῆς, διʼ ὧν οἰκεῖται;

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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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