# Ἀρεοπαγιτικός 63

Isocrates, Ἀρεοπαγιτικός, Section 63. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-15/63

βούλομαι δʼ, εἰ καί τινές με φήσουσιν ἔξω τῆς ὑποθέσεως λέγειν, δηλῶσαι καὶ διελθεῖν ὅσον αὕτη τῆς τότε διήνεγκεν, ἵνα μηδεὶς οἴηταί με τὰ μὲν ἁμαρτήματα τοῦ δήμου λίαν ἀκριβῶς ἐξετάζειν, εἰ δέ τι καλὸν ἢ σεμνὸν διαπέπρακται, ταῦτα δὲ παραλείπειν. ἔσται δʼ ὁ λόγος οὔτε μακρὸς οὔτʼ ἀνωφελὴς τοῖς ἀκούουσιν.

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Isocrates, Ἀρεοπαγιτικός, ed. George Norlin. 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/tlg0010.tlg018.local001/.