Isocrates, Trapeziticus, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 3

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[3] I shall relate the facts to you from the beginning as well as I can. My father, men of the jury, is Sopaeus; all who sail to the Pontus know that his relations with Satyrus¹ are so intimate that he is ruler of an extensive territory and has charge of that ruler’s entire forces.

Trapeziticus. Isocrates. Larue Van Hook (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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

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Τραπεζιτικός Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 3 focus

[3] ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὖν ὑμῖν, ὅπως ἂν δύνωμαι, διηγήσομαι τὰ πεπραγμένα. ἐμοὶ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, πατὴρ μέν ἐστι Σωπαῖος, ὃν οἱ πλέοντες εἰς τὸν Πόντον ἅπαντες ἴσασιν οὕτως οἰκείως πρὸς Σάτυρον διακείμενον, ὥστε πολλῆς μὲν χώρας ἄρχειν, ἁπάσης δὲ τῆς δυνάμεως ἐπιμελεῖσθαι τῆς ἐκείνου.

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Trapeziticus

1. Satyrus was king of Bosporus ( 407-393 B.C.); cf. Lys. 16.4 .

Isocrates Trapeziticus 3

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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