Isocrates, Panegyricus, George Norlin (Translator), 154

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[154] To put it briefly—and not to speak in detail but in general terms,— who of those that have fought against them has not come off with success, and who of those that have fallen under their power has not perished from their atrocities? Take the case of Conon,¹ who, as commander in the service of Asia , brought an end to the power of the Lacadaemonians: did they not shamelessly seize him for punishment by death? Take, on the other hand, the case of Themistocles,² who in the service of Hellas defeated them at Salamis : did they not think him worthy of the greatest gifts?

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

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[154] ὡς δʼ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν καὶ μὴ καθʼ ἓν ἕκαστον ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ, τίς ἢ τῶν πολεμησάντων αὐτοῖς οὐκ εὐδαιμονήσας ἀπῆλθεν, ἢ τῶν ὑπʼ ἐκείνοις γενομένων οὐκ αἰκισθεὶς τὸν βίον ἐτελεύτησεν; οὐ Κόνωνα μέν, ὃς ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἀσίας στρατηγήσας τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων κατέλυσεν, ἐπὶ θανάτῳ συλλαβεῖν ἐτόλμησαν, Θεμιστοκλέα δʼ, ὃς ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἑλλάδος αὐτοὺς κατεναυμάχησε, τῶν μεγίστων δωρεῶν ἠξίωσαν;

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Panegyricus

1. Conon was one of the Athenian generals at the battle of Aegospatomi. After that disaster he left Greece and took service with the Persians against Sparta , and was instrumental in the defeat of the Spartan fleet at the battle of Cnidus . For the treachery referred to here see Grote, Hist. ix. p. 187.

2. Themistocles, commander of the Athenian fleet at Salamis , was later ostracized and took refuge at the Persian court. See Grote, Hist. v. p. 138.

Isocrates Panegyricus 154

George Norlin (Translator)

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