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οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ εἰπεῖν ὡς οἶσθα. οὐκοῦν ταῦτά γε δήπου προσῆκε γράψαι ‘ἐάν τις ἀποκτείνῃ’ γράφοντα, ἄκων ἢ ἑκών, ἀδίκως ἢ δικαίως, ξένος ἢ πολίτης, ἵν᾽ ὅτῳ ποτὲ τοὔργον ἐπράχθη, τούτῳ τὰ ἐκ τῶν νόμων ὑπῆρχε δίκαια, μὴ μὰ Δί᾽ αὐτὸ τὸ τῆς αἰτίας ὄνομ᾽ εἰπόντα ‘ἀγώγιμος ἔστω’ προσγράψαι. τίνα γὰρ σὺ λέλοιπας ὅρον τῷ γράμματι τούτῳ, τοῦ νόμου σαφῶς οὑτωσὶ λέγοντος μὴ πέρα ὅρων ἐλαύνειν, ὃς πανταχόθεν δίδως ἄγειν;
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher and W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1907 and 1921.
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