# ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου 17

Lysias, ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-24/17

ᾤχετο ἐκπλέων. ἀλλʼ εἴποι ἄν τις κερδαίνειν ἐπιθυμῶν ἐξέπλευσεν, ὥσπερ ἔνιοι ἥρπαζον καὶ ἔφερον. οὐδεὶς τοίνυν ἂν εἴποι τι ὅπως τῶν ὑμετέρων ἔχει, ἀλλὰ πάντα μᾶλλον κατηγοροῦσιν ἢ εἰς τὴν ἀρχήν. καὶ οἱ κατήγοροι τότε μὲν οὐδαμῇ εὖνοι ὄντες ἐφαίνοντο τῷ δήμῳ οὐδὲ ἐβοήθουν· νῦν δὲ ἡνίκα αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ εὐνούστατός ἐστιν ὁ δῆμος, βοηθοῦσι τῷ μὲν ὀνόματι ὑμῖν,

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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/.