# Κατὰ Λοχίτου 20

Isocrates, Κατὰ Λοχίτου, Section 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-23/20

εἰ δημοκρατουμένης τῆς πόλεως μὴ τῶν αὐτῶν ἅπαντες τυγχάνοιμεν, ἀλλὰ τῶν μὲν ἀρχῶν μετέχειν ἀξιοῖμεν, τῶν δʼ ἐν τοῖς νόμοις δικαίων ἀποστεροῖμεν ἡμᾶς αὐτούς, καὶ μαχόμενοι μὲν ἐθέλοιμεν ἀποθνῄσκειν ὑπὲρ τῆς πολιτείας, ἐν δὲ τῇ ψήφῳ πλέον νέμοιμεν τοῖς τὰς οὐσίας ἔχουσιν.

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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/.