# Κατὰ Λοχίτου 19

Isocrates, Κατὰ Λοχίτου, Section 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-23/19

καὶ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν εἰς τοῦτʼ ἀποβλέψας, ὅτι πένης εἰμὶ καὶ τοῦ πλήθους εἷς, ἀξιούτω τοῦ τιμήματος ἀφαιρεῖν. οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον ἐλάττους ποιεῖσθαι τὰς τιμωρίας ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδόξων ἢ τῶν διωνομασμένων, οὐδὲ χείρους ἡγεῖσθαι τοὺς πενομένους ἢ τοὺς πολλὰ κεκτημένους. ὑμᾶς γὰρ ἂν αὐτοὺς ἀτιμάζοιτʼ εἰ τοιαῦτα γιγνώσκοιτε περὶ τῶν πολλῶν. ἔτι δὲ καὶ πάντων ἂν εἴη δεινότατον,

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Isocrates, Κατὰ Λοχίτου, ed. Larue Van Hook. 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.tlg003.local001/.