Lysias, Against Andocides, ed. W.R.M. Lamb, 15

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[15] δεινὸν δέ μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι· ἐὰν μέν τις ἀνδρὸς σῶμα τρώσῃ, κεφαλὴν ἢ πρόσωπον ἢ χεῖρας ἢ πόδας, οὗτος ¹ μὲν κατὰ τοὺς νόμους τοὺς ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου φεύξεται τὴν τοῦ ἀδικηθέντος πόλιν, ² καὶ ἐὰν κατίῃ, ἐνδειχθεὶς θανάτῳ ζημιωθήσεται· ἐὰν δέ τις τὰ αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἀδικήσῃ τὰ ἀγάλματα τῶν θεῶν, οὐδʼ αὐτῶν κωλύσετε τῶν ἱερῶν ἐπιβαίνειν ἢ εἰσιόντα οὐ³ τιμωρήσεσθε; καὶ μὲν δὴ τούτων καὶ δίκαιον καὶ ἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ὑφʼ ὧν καὶ εὖ καὶ κακῶς δυνήσεσθε πάσχειν.

Against Andocides. Lysias. ed. W.R.M. Lamb. London. 1930.

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κατ᾽ Ἀνδοκίδου ἀσεβείας (Greek) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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Against Andocides Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 15 focus

[15] whoever wounds a man’s person, in the head or face or hands or feet, he shall be banished, according to the laws of the Areopagus, from the city of the man who has been injured, and if he returns, he shall be impeached and punished with death; but whoever does these same injuries to the images of the gods is not to be debarred by you from approaching the very temples, and is not to be punished for entering them! Nay, surely it is just and good to have a care for those beings by whom you may be either well or ill entreated.

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Against Andocides

1. οὖτος Dobree: αὐτὸς MSS.

2. post πόλιν in libris ἢ τραύματος ἐκ προνοίας· del. Taylor

3. οὐ add. Aldus

Lysias Against Andocides 15

ed. W.R.M. Lamb

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