# Κατὰ Λοχίτου 5

Isocrates, Κατὰ Λοχίτου, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-23/5

ἴσως οὖν Λοχίτης ἐπιχειρήσει μικρὸν ποιεῖν τὸ πρᾶγμα, διασύρων τὴν κατηγορίαν καὶ λέγων ὡς οὐδὲν ἐκ τῶν πληγῶν κακὸν ἔπαθον, ἀλλὰ μείζους ποιοῦμαι τοὺς λόγους ἢ κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τῶν γεγενημένων. ἐγὼ δʼ εἰ μὲν μηδεμία προσῆν ὕβρις τοῖς πεπραγμένοις, οὐκ ἄν ποτʼ εἰσῆλθον εἰς ὑμᾶς· νῦν δʼ οὐχ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἄλλης βλάβης τῆς ἐκ τῶν πληγῶν γενομένης, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ τῆς αἰκίας καὶ τῆς ἀτιμίας ἥκω παρʼ αὐτοῦ δίκην ληψόμενος,

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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/.