# περὶ τῆς δημεύσεως τῶν τοῦ Νικίου ἀδέλφου ἐπίλογος 16

Lysias, περὶ τῆς δημεύσεως τῶν τοῦ Νικίου ἀδέλφου ἐπίλογος, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-27/16

ἄξιον δὲ μάλιστʼ ἀγανακτῆσαι ὅτι οὕτως ἤδη οἱ τὰ τῆς πόλεως πράττοντες διάκεινται, ὥστʼ οὐχ ὅ τι ἂν τῇ πόλει βέλτιστον ᾖ, τοῦτο οἱ ῥήτορες λέγουσιν, ἀλλʼ ἀφʼ ὧν ἂν αὐτοὶ κερδαίνειν μέλλωσι, ταῦτα ὑμεῖς ψηφίζεσθε.

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Lysias, περὶ τῆς δημεύσεως τῶν τοῦ Νικίου ἀδέλφου ἐπίλογος, 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.tlg018.local001/.