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εἰ μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀδικεῖτε, ὅτι ὑμῶν ἐστι πολίτης. πῶς δ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο δημοτικώτερος, ἢ ὅστις ὑμῶν ψηφισαμένων πεντακισχιλίοις παραδοῦναι τὰ πράγματα καταλογεὺς ὢν ἐνακισχιλίους κατέλεξεν, ἵνα μηδεὶς αὐτῷ διάφορος εἴη τῶν δημοτῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα τὸν μὲν βουλόμενον ἐγγράφοι,1 εἰ δέ τῳ μὴ οἷόν τ᾽ εἴη, χαρίζοιτο. καίτοι οὐχ οἳ ἂν πλείους τοὺς2 πολίτας ποιῶσιν, οὗτοι καταλύουσι τὸν δῆμον, ἀλλ᾽ οἳ ἂν ἐκ πλειόνων ἐλάττους. οὗτος δὲ οὔτε ὀμόσαι ἤθελεν οὔτε καταλέγειν,
Lysias. Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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