Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, ed. J. O. Burtt, 120

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[120] Let the jury hear the other decree, clerk, relating to the men who withdrew to Decelea¹ when the people were besieged by the Spartans, so that they will realize that the punishments inflicted by our ancestors on traitors were uniform and self-consistent. Read it.

Against Leocrates. Lycurgus. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Against Leocrates (Greek) (Lycurgus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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Κατὰ Λεωκράτους Perseus (Lycurgus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 120 focus

[120] λαβὲ δʼ αὐτοῖς καὶ τὸ ἕτερον ψήφισμα τὸ¹ περὶ τῶν εἰς Δεκέλειαν μεταστάντων, ὅτε ὁ δῆμος ὑπὸ Λακεδαιμονίων ἐπολιορκεῖτο, ὅπως εἰδῶσιν ὅτι περὶ τῶν προδοτῶν οἱ πρόγονοι ὁμοίας καὶ ἀκολούθους ἀλλήλαις τὰς τιμωρίας ἐποιοῦντο. ἀναγίγνωσκε, γραμματεῦ.

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1. Decelea, a town in the North of Attica , was occupied by the Peloponnesians in 413 B.C. and therefore served as a haven for deserters from Athens . Lycurgus seems to be the only writer who mentions this decree.

Lycurgus Against Leocrates 120

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