# ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου 8

Lysias, ὑπὲρ Πολυστράτου, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-24/8

ἐγὼ δʼ ἡγοῦμαι ἀξίους εἶναι τούτους μηδὲν πάσχειν ὑφʼ ὑμῶν κακόν, εἰ ὑμῖν μὲν εὖνοι ἦσαν, ἐκείνοις δὲ οὐκ ἀπηχθάνοντο. τῶν γὰρ λεγόντων ἐναντία ἐκείνοις οἱ μὲν ἔφευγον οἱ δὲ ἀπέθνῃσκον, ὥστʼ εἴ τις καὶ ἐβούλετο ἐναντιοῦσθαι ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, τὸ δέος καὶ ὁ φόνος τῶν πεπονθότων ἀπέτρεπε πάντας.

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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/.