# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 51

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 51. Ancient Greek.

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

ἔστι μὲν ἔργον, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἰ περὶ πάντων τῶν νόμων οἷς οὗτος ἐναντίον εἰσενήνοχεν ἐροῦμεν· ἄξιον δʼ, εἰ περί του καὶ ἄλλου, καὶ περὶ τοῦδʼ ὃν νῦν ἀνέγνω διελθεῖν. ὁ γὰρ τὸν νόμον τοῦτον, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, θεὶς ᾔδει τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν καὶ τὴν πραότητα τὴν ὑμετέραν, καὶ διὰ ταύτην ἑώρα περὶ πολλῶν ὑμᾶς ἑκόντας ἤδη ποτὲ μεγάλα ζημιωθέντας.

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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/.