Isocrates, Panegyricus, George Norlin (Translator), 119

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[119] And that this state of affairs was due to the valor of our ancestors has been clearly shown in the fortunes of our city: for the very moment when we were deprived of our dominion marked the beginning of a dominion¹ of ills for the Hellenes. In fact, after the disaster which befell us in the Hellespont ,² when our rivals took our place as leaders, the barbarians won a naval victory,³ became rulers of the sea, occupied most of the islands,⁴ made a landing in Laconia , took Cythera by storm, and sailed around the whole Peloponnesus , inflicting damage as they went.

Panegyricus. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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[119] καὶ ταῦθʼ ὅτι διὰ τὴν τῶν προγόνων τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀρετὴν οὕτως εἶχεν, αἱ τῆς πόλεως συμφοραὶ σαφῶς ἐπέδειξαν· ἅμα γὰρ ἡμεῖς τε τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπεστερούμεθα καὶ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἀρχὴ τῶν κακῶν ἐγίγνετο. μετὰ γὰρ τὴν ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ γενομένην ἀτυχίαν ἑτέρων ἡγεμόνων καταστάντων ἐνίκησαν μὲν οἱ βάρβαροι ναυμαχοῦντες, ἦρξαν δὲ τῆς θαλάττης, κατέσχον δὲ τὰς πλείστας τῶν νήσων, ἀπέβησαν δʼ εἰς τὴν Λακωνικήν, Κύθηρα δὲ κατὰ κράτος εἷλον, ἅπασαν δὲ τὴν Πελοπόννησον κακῶς ποιοῦντες περιέπλευσαν.

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Panegyricus

1. For this play of words— ἀρχή, “beginning,” and ἀρχή, “dominion”—cf. Isoc. 3.28 , Isoc. 8.101 , Isoc. 5.61 .

2. Battle of Aegospotami 405 B.C.

3. At the battle of Cnidus , but with the help of Conon.

4. See Xen. Hell. 4.8.7 .

Isocrates Panegyricus 119

George Norlin (Translator)

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