# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 7

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/7

καὶ τοσούτῳ δεινότερʼ Εὐκτήμονος ἠδικήθην ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ, ὥσθʼ ὁ μὲν Εὐκτήμων εἰς χρήματʼ ἔσθʼ ἃ κακῶς ἔπαθεν, ἐγὼ δʼ, εἰ κατώρθωσεν ἐκεῖνος ἣν ἐπʼ ἔμʼ ἦλθεν ὁδόν, οὐχ ὅτι τῶν ὄντων ἂν ἀπεστερήμην, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἂν ἔζων, οὐδʼ ὃ κοινὸν ἅπασίν ἐστιν, ἀπαλλαγῆναι τοῦ βίου, ῥᾴδιον ἦν ἄν μοι. αἰτιασάμενος γάρ μʼ ἃ καὶ λέγειν ἄν τις ὀκνήσειεν εὖ φρονῶν, τὸν ἐμαυτοῦ πατέρʼ ὡς ἀπέκτονα, ἀσεβείας γραφὴν κατασκευάσας εἰς ἀγῶνα κατέστησεν. ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τῶν ψήφων οὐ μεταλαβὼν ὦφλε χιλίας, ἐγὼ δʼ, ὥσπερ ἦν δίκαιον, μάλιστα μὲν διὰ τοὺς θεούς, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ διὰ τοὺς δικάζοντας ὑμῶν ἐσώθην,

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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/.