Isocrates, Concerning the Team of Horses, ed. Larue Van Hook, 36

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[36] πρὸς δὲ τὴν πολιτείαν, οὐδὲ γὰρ¹ τοῦτο παραλειπτέον, ὥσπερ οὐδʼ² ἐκεῖνος αὐτῆς ἠμέλησεν, ἀλλὰ τοσούτῳ τῶν μάλιστʼ εὐδοκιμησάντων ἀμείνων περὶ τὸν δῆμον γέγονεν, ὅσον τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους εὑρήσεθʼ ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν στασιάσαντας, ἐκεῖνον δʼ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν κινδυνεύοντα. οὐ γὰρ ἀπελαυνόμενος ἀπὸ τῆς ὀλιγαρχίας ἀλλὰ παρακαλούμενος ἦν δημοτικός· καὶ πολλάκις ἐκγενόμενον αὐτῷ μὴ μόνον μετʼ ὀλίγων τῶν ἄλλων ἄρχειν ἀλλὰ καὶ τούτων αὐτῶν πλέον ἔχειν, οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, ἀλλʼ εἵλεθʼ ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀδικηθῆναι μᾶλλον ἢ τὴν πολιτείαν προδοῦναι.

Concerning the Team of Horses. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους (Greek) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Concerning the Team of Horses Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 36 focus

[36] As regards his behavior as a citizen—for neither should this be passed over in silence—just as he on his part did not neglect his civic duties, but on the contrary, to so great a degree had proved himself a more loyal friend of the people than those who had gained the highest repute, that while, as you will find, the others stirred up sedition for selfish advantage, he was incurring danger on your behalf. For his devotion to the democracy was not that of one who was excluded from the oligarchy, but of one who was invited to join it: indeed, time and again when it was in his power as one of a small group, not only to rule the rest, but even to dominate them, he refused, choosing rather to suffer the city’s unjust penalties rather than to be traitor to our form of government.

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Concerning the Team of Horses

1. οὐδὲ γὰρ Λ· οὐδέ γε Γ.

2. ὥσπερ οὐδʼ Λ· οὐδὲ γὰρ Γ. Kayser proposed to delete ἀλλὰ and περὶ τὸν δῆμον to correct the anacoluthon, which may well be intentional.

Isocrates Concerning the Team of Horses 36

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