# περὶ τοῦ μὴ καταλῦσαι τὴν πάτριον πολιτείαν Αθήνησι 4

Lysias, περὶ τοῦ μὴ καταλῦσαι τὴν πάτριον πολιτείαν Αθήνησι, Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-29/4

οὔκ, ἐὰν ἔμοιγε πείθησθε, οὐδὲ μετὰ τῶν τειχῶν καὶ ταῦτα ἡμῶν αὐτῶν περιαιρησόμεθα, ὁπλίτας πολλοὺς καὶ ἱππέας καὶ τοξότας, ὧν ὑμεῖς ἀντεχόμενοι βεβαίως δημοκρατήσεσθε, τῶν δὲ ἐχθρῶν πλέον ἐπικρατήσετε, ὠφελιμώτεροι δὲ τοῖς συμμάχοις ἔσεσθε· ἐπίστασθε γὰρ ἐν ταῖς ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ὀλιγαρχίαις γεγενημέναις οὐ τοὺς γῆν κεκτημένους ἔχοντας τὴν πόλιν, ἀλλὰ πολλοὺς μὲν αὐτῶν ἀποθανόντας, πολλοὺς δʼ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐκπεσόντας,

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Lysias, περὶ τοῦ μὴ καταλῦσαι τὴν πάτριον πολιτείαν Αθήνησι, 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.tlg034.local001/.