# ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου 12

Lysias, ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου, Section 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-24/12

καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἀνὴρ ἐγένετο, ὁ μὲν ἐγεώργει, ὁ δʼ ἐλθὼν εἰς τὸ ἄστυ ἐσυκοφάντει, ὥστε μηδὲν ὁμολογεῖν τῷ τρόπῳ ἀλλήλων. καὶ ὅτʼ ἐξέτινε τῷ δημοσίῳ, οὐκ εἰσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ τὸ ἀργύριον· καίτοι ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις μάλιστα δηλοῦσιν οἳ ἂν φίλοι ὦσιν. εἰ δʼ ἦν δημότης, οὐ δίκαιος διὰ τοῦτο βλάπτεσθαί ἐστιν ὁ πατήρ,

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Lysias, ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου, 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.tlg020.local001/.