# ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἀριστοφάνους χρημάτων, πρὸς τὸ δημόσιον 49

Lysias, ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἀριστοφάνους χρημάτων, πρὸς τὸ δημόσιον, Section 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-34/49

παρʼ οἷς ἂν κατέλιπεν, ὁμολογουμένως πένητές εἰσι. φαινόμεθα δὴ καὶ τῶν ἀρχαιοπλούτων πολὺ ἐψευσμένοι καὶ τῶν νεωστὶ ἐν δόξῃ γεγενημένων. αἴτιον δέ μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι, ὅτι ῥαδίως τινὲς τολμῶσι λέγειν ὡς ὁ δεῖνα ἔχει τάλαντα πολλὰ ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς. καὶ ὅσα μὲν περὶ τεθνεώτων λέγουσιν, οὐ πάνυ θαυμάζω (οὐ γὰρ ὑπό γε ἐκείνων ἐξελεγχθεῖεν ἄν), ἀλλʼ ὅσα ζώντων ἐπιχειροῦσι καταψεύδεσθαι. αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἔναγχος ἠκούετε ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ,

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Lysias, ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἀριστοφάνους χρημάτων, πρὸς τὸ δημόσιον, 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.tlg019.local001/.