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ἴστε δήπου τοῦθ᾽ ὅτι τῶν θεσμοθετῶν τούτων οὐδενὶ θεσμοθέτης ἔστ᾽ ὄνομα, ἀλλ᾽ ὁτιδήποθ᾽ ἑκάστῳ. ἂν μὲν τοίνυν ἰδιώτην ὄντα τιν᾽ αὐτῶν ὑβρίσῃ τις ἢ κακῶς εἴπῃ, γραφὴν ὕβρεως καὶ δίκην κακηγορίας ἰδίαν φεύξεται, ἐὰν δὲ θεσμοθέτην, ἄτιμος ἔσται καθάπαξ. διὰ τί; ὅτι τοὺς νόμους ἤδη ὁ τοῦτο ποιῶν προσυβρίζει καὶ τὸν ὑμέτερον κοινὸν στέφανον καὶ τὸ τῆς πόλεως ὄνομα: ὁ γὰρ θεσμοθέτης οὐδενὸς ἀνθρώπων ἔστ᾽ ὄνομα, ἀλλὰ τῆς πόλεως.
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