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ἀκούετε τοῦ νόμου λέγοντος, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τά τ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ ὧν μὴ εἶναι δίκας, καὶ ὅσα τις ἀφῆκεν ἢ ἀπήλλαξεν. εἰκότως: εἰ γάρ ἐστι δίκαιον, ὧν ἂν ἅπαξ γένηται δίκη, μηκέτ᾽ ἐξεῖναι δικάζεσθαι, πολὺ τῶν ἀφεθέντων δικαιότερον μὴ εἶναι δίκας. ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν ἡττηθεὶς τάχ᾽ ἂν εἴποι τοῦθ᾽ ὡς ἐξηπατήθηθ᾽ ὑμεῖς: ὁ δ᾽ αὑτοῦ φανερῶς καταγνοὺς καὶ ἀφεὶς καὶ ἀπαλλάξας, τίν᾽ ἂν ἑαυτὸν αἰτίαν αἰτιασάμενος τῶν αὐτῶν πάλιν εἰκότως δικάζοιτο; οὐδεμίαν δήπου. διόπερ τοῦτο πρῶτον ἔγραψεν ὁ τὸν νόμον θεὶς ὧν μὴ εἶναι δίκας, ὅσα τις ἀφῆκεν ἢ ἀπήλλαξεν. ἃ τῷδε γέγονεν ἀμφότερα: καὶ γὰρ ἀφῆκεν καὶ ἀπήλλαξεν. ὡς δ᾽ ἀληθῆ λέγω, μεμαρτύρηται ὑμῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι.λαβὲ δή μοι καὶ τὸν τῆς προθεσμίας νόμον.“Νόμος”
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.
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