# κατὰ θεομν́ηστου, Β 4

Lysias, κατὰ θεομν́ηστου, Β, Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-19/4

πολὺ γὰρ ἂν ἔργον εἴη τῷ νομοθέτῃ πάντα γράφειν τὰ ὀνόματα, ὅσα τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν ἔχει· ἀλλὰ περὶ ἑνὸς εἰπὼν περὶ πάντων ἐδήλωσεν. οὐ γὰρ δήπου ἐὰν μέν τις πατραλοίαν ἢ μητραλοίαν καλῇ σε, ὑπόδικός ἐστιν, ἐὰν δέ τις τὴν τεκοῦσαν ἢ τὸν φυτεύσαντα τύπτειν φῇ, ἀζήμιος ἔσται.

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Lysias, κατὰ θεομν́ηστου, Β, ed. W.R.M. Lamb. 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/tlg0540.tlg011.local001/.