Isocrates, Concerning the Team of Horses, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 31

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[31] After this he married my mother¹; and I believe that in her he also won a glorious prize of valor. For her father was Hipponicus,² first in wealth of all the Greeks and second in birth to none of the citizens, most honored and admired of his contemporaries. The richest dowry and fairest reputation went with his daughter’s hand; and although all coveted union with her, and only the greatest thought themselves worthy, it was my father whom Hipponicus chose from among them all and desired to make his son-in-law.

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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[31] μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμὴν ἔγημεν· ἡγοῦμαι γὰρ καὶ ταύτην ἀριστεῖον αὐτὸν λαβεῖν. ὁ γὰρ πατὴρ αὐτῆς Ἱππόνικος, πλούτῳ μὲν πρῶτος ὢν τῶν Ἑλλήνων, γένει δʼ οὐδενὸς ὕστερος τῶν πολιτῶν, τιμώμενος δὲ καὶ θαυμαζόμενος μάλιστα τῶν ἐφʼ αὑτοῦ, μετὰ προικὸς δὲ πλείστης καὶ δόξης μεγίστης ἐκδιδοὺς τὴν θυγατέρα, καὶ τοῦ γάμου τυχεῖν εὐχομένων μὲν ἁπάντων, ἀξιούντων δὲ τῶν πρώτων, τὸν πατέρα τὸν ἐμὸν ἐξ ἁπάντων ἐκλεξάμενος κηδεστὴν ἐπεθύμησε ποιήσασθαι.

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Concerning the Team of Horses

1. Hipparet.

2. Son of Callias, noted for his wealth.

Isocrates Concerning the Team of Horses 31

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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