Isocrates, Aegineticus, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 2

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[2] My feeling is unlike that of most men. For I see that others are indignant when they are unjustly involved in a law-suit, whereas I am almost grateful to my opponents for bringing me into this trial.¹ For if the matter had not been brought before a tribunal you would not have known of my devotion to the deceased, which led to my being made his heir; but when you learn the facts you will all perceive that I might justly have been thought worthy of even a greater reward.

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

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

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[2] τοὐναντίον δὲ πέπονθα τοῖς πλείστοις τῶν ἀνθρώπων. τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἄλλους ὁρῶ χαλεπῶς φέροντας, ὅταν ἀδίκως περί τινος κινδυνεύωσιν, ἐγὼ δʼ ὀλίγου δέω χάριν ἔχειν τούτοις, ὅτι μʼ εἰς τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα κατέστησαν. ἀκρίτου μὲν γὰρ ὄντος τοῦ πράγματος οὐκ ἂν ἠπίστασθʼ ὁποῖός τις γεγενημένος περὶ τὸν τετελευτηκότα κληρονόμος εἰμὶ τῶν ἐκείνου· πυθόμενοι δὲ τὰ πραχθέντα πάντες εἴσεσθʼ ὅτι δικαίως ἂν καὶ μείζονος ἢ τοσαύτης δωρεᾶς ἠξιώθην.

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Aegineticus

1. A commonplace; cf. Lys. 16.1-2 ; Lys. 24.1 .

Isocrates Aegineticus 2

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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