# ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου 21

Lysias, ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου, Section 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-24/21

ἀλλʼ ὁ ἐξαπατῶν ὑμᾶς. ἐκεῖνοι δὲ σφῶν αὐτῶν προκαταγνόντες ἀδικεῖν οἴχονται, ἵνα μὴ δοῖεν δίκην· καὶ εἴ τινες ἄλλοι ἀδικοῦσιν, ἧττον μὲν ἐκείνων, ἀδικοῦσι δέ, τὸ δέος αὐτοὺς ποιεῖ τό τε ὑμέτερον καὶ τὸ τῶν κατηγόρων μὴ ἐπιδημεῖν ἀλλὰ στρατεύεσθαι, ἵνα ἢ ὑμᾶς πραοτέρους ποιῶσιν ἢ τούτους πείθωσιν.

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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/.