# Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία 35

Lysias, Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία, Section 35. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-2/35

οὐδὲν φάσκων πιστὸν εἶναι τοῖς θεράπουσιν. ἐμοὶ δὲ δοκεῖ θαυμαστὸν εἶναι, εἰ περὶ αὑτῶν μὲν οἱ βασανιζόμενοι κατηγοροῦσιν, εὖ εἰδότες ὅτι ἀποθανοῦνται, περὶ δὲ τῶν δεσποτῶν, οἷς πεφύκασι κακονούστατοι, μᾶλλον ἂν ἕλοιντο ἀνέχεσθαι βασανιζόμενοι ἢ κατειπόντες ἀπηλλάχθαι τῶν παρόντων κακῶν.

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Lysias, Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία, 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.tlg007.local001/.