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Demosthenes

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§ 13

Author namesDémosthène · Demosthene · Demosthenes · Δημοσθενης

Scientific editors
Samuel Henry Butcher
Edition reference
Demosthenes Orationes · Oxford · Clarendon Press · 1907
CTS identifier
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg026.local001
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τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἴσον καὶ κοινὸν ἅπασι τοῖς πολίταις ἦν, τὸ δʼ ἄνισον καὶ σοὶ μόνῳ τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει τὴν πλεονεξίαν κατασκευάζον· καὶ τὸ μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ γενέσθαι τὴν εἰρήνην ἐφʼ ᾧ θʼ ἕνα κύριον τῆς ὅλης πολιτείας καταστῆναι, τὸ δʼ ὑπὲρ τοῦ τὰ τουτωνὶ δόγματα καὶ νόμιμα ἐκ παλαιοῦ παραδοθένθʼ ὑπὸ τῶν προγόνων σοὶ μόνῳ δεδόσθαι ἐξουσίαν ἀδεῶς παραβαίνοντι καὶ πράττοντι ὅ τι ἂν βουληθῇς.