# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 75

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 75. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/75

καὶ μὴν κἀκεῖθεν ἴδοι τις ἂν ὡς δεινὸν πεποίηκεν τὸ θεῖναι περὶ τῶν παρεληλυθότων τὸν νόμον, εἰ λογίσαιτο παρʼ αὑτῷ τί ποτʼ ἐστὶν ᾧ νόμος ὀλιγαρχίας διαφέρει, καὶ τί δή ποθʼ οἱ μὲν ὑπὸ νόμων ἐθέλοντες ἄρχεσθαι σώφρονες καὶ χρηστοὶ νομίζονται, οἱ δʼ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀλιγαρχιῶν ἄνανδροι καὶ δοῦλοι.

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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/.