# Φάλαρις 2.3

Lucian, Φάλαρις, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-50/2.3

δέομαι δὲ ὑμῶν Δελφὸς καὶ αὐτὸς ὢν καὶ τὸ ἴσον μετέχων τῆς τε δημοσίας εὐκλείας, εἰ φυλάττοιτο, καὶ τῆς ἐναντίας δόξης, εἰ ἐκ τῶν παρόντων προσγένοιτο, μήτʼ ἀποκλείειν τὸ ἱερὸν τοῖς εὐσεβοῦσι μήτε τὴν πόλιν πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους διαβάλλειν ὡς τὰ πεμπόμενα τῷ θεῷ συκοφαντοῦσαν καὶ ψήφῳ καὶ δικαστηρίῳ δοκιμάζουσαν τοὺς ἀνατιθέντας· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἔτι ἀναθεῖναι τολμήσειεν ἂν εἰδὼς οὐ προσησόμενον τὸν θεὸν ὅ τι ἂν μὴ πρότερον Δελφοῖς δοκῇ.

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Lucian of Samosata, Φάλαρις, ed. Austin Morris Harmon. 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.
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