# κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου λιποταξίου 18

Lysias, κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου λιποταξίου, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysias/text-7/18

οὐκ οὖν δεινόν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τούτους μὲν οὕτως εὐτυχεῖς εἶναι ὥστʼ, ἐπειδὰν ἐξαμαρτάνοντες ληφθῶσι, διὰ τὸ αὑτῶν γένος σῴζεσθαι, ἡμᾶς δέ, εἰ ἐδυστυχήσαμεν διὰ τοὺς οὕτως ἀτακτοῦντας, μηδένα ἂν δύνασθαι παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων ἐξαιτήσασθαι μηδὲ διὰ τὰς τῶν προγόνων ἀρετάς;

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Lysias, κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου λιποταξίου, 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.tlg014.local001/.