# Κατὰ Λεωκράτους 66

Lycurgus, Κατὰ Λεωκράτους, Section 66. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lycurgus/text/66

οὐ γὰρ πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον ἕκαστος αὐτῶν ἀπέβλεπε τοῦ γεγενημένου πράγματος, οὐδʼ ἐντεῦθεν τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἐλάμβανον, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ ἐσκόπουν τοῦτο, εἰ πέφυκε τὸ ἀδίκημα τοῦτο ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἐλθὸν μέγα βλάπτειν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους. καὶ γὰρ ἄτοπον ἄλλως πως περὶ τούτου ἐξετάζειν. φέρε γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες, εἴ τις ἕνα νόμον εἰς τὸ Μητρῷον ἐλθὼν ἐξαλείψειεν, εἶτʼ ἀπολογοῖτο ὡς οὐδὲν παρὰ τοῦτον τῇ πόλει ἐστίν, ἆρʼ οὐκ ἂν ἀπεκτείνατʼ αὐτόν; ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι δικαίως, εἴπερ ἐμέλλετε καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους σῴζειν.

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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/.