Isocrates, Concerning the Team of Horses, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 12

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[12] I think, however, that in justice he should obtain from you a full pardon; for you, when banished by the Thirty Tyrants,¹ experienced the same misfortunes as he. Wherefore you should reflect how each of you was affected, what thoughts you each had, and what peril each would not have undergone so as to bring his own banishment to an end and to return to his native land, and to be avenged on those who banished him.

Concerning the Team of Horses. Isocrates. Larue Van Hook (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Concerning the Team of Horses (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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[12] ἡγοῦμαι δʼ αὐτὸν παρʼ ὑμῶν δικαίως ἂν πλείστης συγγνώμης τυγχάνειν· ὑπὸ γὰρ τῶν τριάκοντʼ ἐκπεσόντες ταῖς αὐταῖς ἐκείνῳ συμφοραῖς ἐχρήσασθε. ἐξ ὧν ἐνθυμεῖσθαι χρή, πῶς ἕκαστος ὑμῶν διέκειτο καὶ τίνα γνώμην εἶχε καὶ ποῖον κίνδυνον οὐκ ἂν ὑπέμεινεν ὥστε παύσασθαι μὲν μετοικῶν, κατελθεῖν δʼ εἰς τὴν πατρίδα, τιμωρήσασθαι δὲ τοὺς ἐκβαλόντας.

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Concerning the Team of Horses

1. After the capture of Athens by the Spartans in 404 B.C. an oligarchy known as the Thirty Tyrants was established. The cruelty of their government caused many of the democratic party to go into exile. Led by Thrasybulus these exiles were restored when the Thirty were overthrown in 403 B.C.

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