# Κατὰ Λεωκράτους 16

Lycurgus, Κατὰ Λεωκράτους, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lycurgus/text/16

δέομαι δʼ ὑμῶν, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀκοῦσαί μου τῆς κατηγορίας διὰ τέλους καὶ μὴ ἄχθεσθαι ἐὰν ἄρξωμαι ἀπὸ τῶν τῇ πόλει τότε συμβάντων, ἀλλὰ τοῖς αἰτίοις ὀργίζεσθαι διʼ οὓς ἀναγκάζομαι νῦν μεμνῆσθαι περὶ αὐτῶν. γεγενημένης γὰρ τῆς ἐν Χαιρωνείᾳ μάχης, καὶ συνδραμόντων ἁπάντων ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἐψηφίσατο ὁ δῆμος παῖδας μὲν καὶ γυναῖκας ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν εἰς τὰ τείχη κατακομίζειν, τοὺς δὲ στρατηγοὺς τάττειν εἰς τὰς φυλακὰς τῶν Ἀθηναίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν οἰκούντων Ἀθήνησι, καθʼ ὅ τι ἂν αὐτοῖς δοκῇ. Λεωκράτης δὲ τούτων οὐδενὸς φροντίσας,

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Lycurgus, Κατὰ Λεωκράτους, ed. J. O. Burtt. 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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