Isocrates, Trapeziticus, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 4

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[4] Having heard reports both of this state and of the other lands where Greeks live, I desired to travel abroad. And so my father loaded two ships with grain,¹ gave me money, and sent me off on a trading expedition and at the same time to see the world.² Pythodorus, the Phoenician, introduced Pasion to me and I opened an account at his bank.

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).) — 4 focus

[4] πυνθανόμενος δὲ καὶ περὶ τῆσδε τῆς πόλεως καὶ περὶ τῆς ἄλλης Ἑλλάδος ἐπεθύμησʼ ἀποδημῆσαι. γεμίσας οὖς ὁ πατήρ μου δύο ναῦς σίτου καὶ χρήματα δοὺς ἐξέπεμψεν ἅμα κατʼ ἐμπορίαν καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν· συστήσαντος δέ μοι Πυθοδώρου τοῦ Φοίνικος Πασιωνα ἐχρώμην τῇ τούτου τραπέζῃ.

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Trapeziticus

1. Athens imported great quantities of grain from the Pontus; cf. Dem. 20.31-35 .

2. Cf. Hdt. 1.29 where Solon leaves Athens “to see the world” ( κατὰ θεωρίαν).

Isocrates Trapeziticus 4

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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