# Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία 7

Lysias, Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸς περὶ τοῦ σηκοῦ ἀπολογία, Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-2/7

ἄλλως τε καὶ τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ δημευθὲν ἄπρατον ἦν πλεῖν ἢ τρία ἔτη. οὐ θαυμαστὸν δʼ εἰ τότε τὰς μορίας ἐξέκοπτον, ἐν ᾧ οὐδὲ τὰ ἡμέτερʼ αὐτῶν φυλάττειν ἐδυνάμεθα. ἐπίστασθε δέ, ὦ βουλή, ὅσοι μάλιστα τῶν τοιούτων ἐπιμελεῖσθε, πολλὰ ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ χρόνῳ δασέα ὄντα ἰδίαις καὶ μορίαις ἐλάαις, ὧν νῦν τὰ πολλὰ ἐκκέκοπται καὶ ἡ γῆ ψιλὴ γεγένηται· καὶ τῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τῇ εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ κεκτημένων οὐκ ἀξιοῦτε παρʼ αὐτῶν, ἑτέρων ἐκκοψάντων, δίκην λαμβάνειν.

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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/.