# Κατὰ Λεωκράτους 26

Lycurgus, Κατὰ Λεωκράτους, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lycurgus/text/26

καὶ οἱ μὲν πατέρες ὑμῶν †τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν ὡς τὴν χώραν εἰληχυῖα† τὴν πατρίδα προσηγόρευον Ἀθήνας, ἵνʼ οἱ τιμῶντες τὴν θεὸν τὴν ὁμώνυμον αὐτῇ πόλιν μὴ ἐγκαταλίπωσι· Λεωκράτης δʼ οὔτε νομίμων οὔτε πατρίδος οὔθʼ ἱερῶν φροντίσας τὸ καθʼ ἑαυτὸν ἐξαγώγιμον ὑμῖν καὶ τὴν παρὰ τῶν θεῶν βοήθειαν ἐποίησε. καὶ οὐκ ἐξήρκεσεν αὐτῷ τοσαῦτα καὶ τηλικαῦτα τὴν πόλιν ἀδικῆσαι, ἀλλʼ οἰκῶν ἐν Μεγάροις, οἷς παρʼ ὑμῶν ἐξεκομίσατο χρήμασιν ἀφορμῇ χρώμενος, ἐκ τῆς Ἠπείρου παρὰ Κλεοπάτρας εἰς Λευκάδα ἐσιτήγει καὶ ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Κόρινθον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0034.tlg001.local001/.