Isocrates, Against Lochites, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 6

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[6] and it is that sort of thing which free men should especially resent and for which they should obtain the greatest requital. I observe that you, when you find anyone guilty of the robbery of a temple or of theft, do not assess the fine according to the value of what is stolen, but that you condemn all alike to death, and that you consider it just that thosewho attempt to commit the same crimes should pay the same penalty.¹

Against Lochites. Isocrates. Larue Van Hook (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Against Lochites (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Κατὰ Λοχίτου Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 6 focus

[6] ὑπὲρ ὧν προσήκει τοῖς ἐλευθέροις μάλιστʼ ὀργίζεσθαι καὶ μεγίστης τυγχάνειν τιμωρίας. ὁρῶ δʼ ὑμᾶς, ὅταν του καταγνῶθʼ ἱεροσυλίαν ἢ κλοπήν, οὐ πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος ὧν ἂν λάβωσι τὴν τίμησιν ποιουμένους, ἀλλʼ ὁμοίως ἁπάντων θάνατον καταγιγνώσκοντας, καὶ νομίζοντας δίκαιον εἶναι τοὺς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἔργοις ἐπιχειροῦντας ταῖς αὐταῖς ζημίαις κολάζεσθαι.

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Against Lochites

1. For the same argument cf. Lyc. 1.65-66 .

Isocrates Against Lochites 6

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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