Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, ed. J. O. Burtt, 67

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[67] τὸν αὐτὸν τοίνυν τρόπον κολαστέον ἐστὶ τοῦτον, εἰ μέλλετε τοὺς ἄλλους πολίτας βελτίους ποιήσειν· καὶ οὐ τοῦτο λογιεῖσθε, εἰ εἷς ἐστι μόνος ἅνθρωπος,¹ ἀλλʼ εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα.² ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ἡγοῦμαι τὸ μὴ πολλοὺς τοιούτους γενέσθαι ἡμέτερον εὐτύχημα εἶναι, τοῦτον μέντοι διὰ τοῦτο³ μείζονος τιμωρίας ἄξιον εἶναι τυχεῖν, ὅτι μόνος τῶν ἄλλων πολιτῶν οὐ κοινὴν ἀλλʼ ἰδίαν τὴν σωτηρίαν ἐζήτησεν.

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

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

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Against Leocrates Perseus (Lycurgus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 67 focus

[67] The same applies here: you must punish this man with death if you intend to make the other citizens better, oblivious of the fact that he is only one. You must consider the act. There are not many like him. In my opinion we have our good fortune to thank for that; but Leocrates, I think, deserves a more severe punishment on this account, since he alone of his fellow citizens sought safety for himself rather than for the city.

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Against Leocrates

1. ἅνθρωπος Blass: ὁ ἄνθρωπος codd.

2. εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα obelis inclusit Blass: οἷον τὸ πρᾶγμα Bekker: alii alia.

3. διὰ τοῦτο om. A pr., secl. Blass.

Lycurgus Against Leocrates 67

ed. J. O. Burtt

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