# ἀπολογία δωροδοκίας ἀπαράσημος 16

Lysias, ἀπολογία δωροδοκίας ἀπαράσημος, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-32/16

ἡγοῦμαι δʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί (καὶ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν ἀχθεσθῇ), πολὺ ἂν δικαιότερον ὑμᾶς ὑπὸ τῶν ζητητῶν ἀπογραφῆναι τὰ ἐμὰ ἔχειν, ἢ ἐμὲ νυνὶ κινδυνεύειν ὡς τοῦ δημοσίου χρήματα ἔχοντα. τοιοῦτον γὰρ ἐμαυτὸν τῇ πόλει παρέχω, ὥστε ἰδίᾳ μὲν τῶν ὄντων φείδομαι, δημοσίᾳ δὲ λῃτουργῶν ἥδομαι, καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῖς περιοῦσι μέγα φρονῶ, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τοῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς ἀνηλωμένοις,

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Lysias, ἀπολογία δωροδοκίας ἀπαράσημος, 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.tlg021.local001/.