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πῶς γὰρ οὐκ αἰσχρὸν καὶ δεινὸν ἂν γένοιτο, εἰ Κεφαλλῆνες μέν, ὅπως τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις σωθῇ τὰ χρήματα, δεῦρο πλεῖν τὴν ναῦν ἔκριναν, ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ὄντες Ἀθηναῖοι τὰ τῶν πολιτῶν τοῖς καταποντίσαι βουληθεῖσιν δοῦναι γνοίητε, καὶ ἃ μὴ καταπλεῖν ὅλως οὗτος δεῦρ᾽ ἔπραττεν, ταῦτ᾽ εἰσαγώγιμα τούτῳ ψηφίσαισθε; μὴ δῆτ᾽, ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί. λέγε δή μοι τί παραγέγραμμαι.“Παραγραφή”λέγε δή μοι τὸν νόμον.“Νόμος”
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.
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