# Κατὰ Λεωκράτους 33

Lycurgus, Κατὰ Λεωκράτους, Section 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lycurgus/text/33

τίνας δὲ δυνατὸν εἶναι δοκεῖ τοῖς λόγοις ψυχαγωγῆσαι, καὶ τὴν ὑγρότητα αὐτῶν τοῦ ἤθους τοῖς δακρύοις εἰς ἔλεον προαγαγέσθαι; τοὺς δικαστάς. ἐνταῦθα Λεωκράτης ὁ προδότης τῆς πατρίδος ἐλήλυθεν, οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ φοβούμενος μὴ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς οἰκίας οἵ τʼ ἐξελέγχοντες τῷ ἔργῳ καὶ ὁ ἐξελεγχόμενος γένηται. τί γὰρ ἔδει προφάσεων ἢ λόγων ἢ σκήψεως; ἁπλοῦν τὸ δίκαιον,

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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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