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πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ τὴν βουλὴν τὴν ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ ἐγγράφειν πρὸς τοὺς λογιστὰς ὁ νόμος κελεύει λόγον καὶ εὐθύνας διδόναι, καὶ τὴν ἐκεῖ σκυθρωπὸν καὶ τῶν μεγίστων κυρίαν1 ἄγει2 ὑπὸ τὴν ὑμετέραν ψῆφον. οὐκ ἄρα στεφανωθήσεται ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου; οὐδὲ γὰρ πάτριον αὐτοῖς.3 οὐκ ἄρα φιλοτιμοῦνται; πάνυ γε, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀγαπῶσιν, ἐάν τις παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς μὴ ἀδικῇ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐάν τις ἐξαμαρτάνῃ, κολάζουσιν: οἱ δὲ ὑμέτεροι ῥήτορες τρυφῶσι. πάλιν τὴν βουλὴν τοὺς πεντακοσίους ὑπεύθυνον πεποίηκεν ὁ νομοθέτης.
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