# Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos ΑΥΤΟΧΘΟΝΕΣ

Harpocration, Valerius, Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, Letter a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/harpocration-valerius/lexicon-in-decem-oratores-atticos/%CE%91%CE%A5%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A7%CE%98%CE%9F%CE%9D%CE%95%CE%A3

οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι. Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ παραπρεσβείας μόνοι γὰρ τῶν πάντων αὐτόχθονες ὑμεῖς ἐστέ. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν τοῖς περὶ θεῶν κληθῆναί φησιν αὐτοὺς αὐτόχθονας, ἐπεὶ τὴν χθόνα, τουτέστι τὴν γῆν, ἀργὴν οὖσαν πρῶτοι εἰργάσαντο· οἱ δὲ διὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἐπήλυδας. ὁ δὲ Πίνδαρος καὶ ὁ τὴν Δαναΐδα πεποιηκώς φασιν Ἐριχθόνιον καὶ Ἥφαιστον ἐκ γῆς φανῆναι. αὐτόχθονες δὲ καὶ Ἀρκάδες ἦσαν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικός φησι, καὶ Αἰγινῆται καὶ Θηβαῖοι.

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Harpocration, Valerius, Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. 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/tlg1389.tlg001.local001/.