Isocrates, Panegyricus, George Norlin (Translator), 4

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[4] have rushed upon this theme, but I hope to rise so far superior to them that it will seem as if no word had ever been spoken by my rivals upon this subject; and, at the same time, I have singled out as the highest kind of oratory¹ that which deals with the greatest affairs and, while best displaying the ability of those who speak, brings most profit to those who hear; and this oration is of that character.

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

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Panegyricus (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 1. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1928 (printing).)

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Πανηγυρικός Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 1. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1928 (printing).) — 4 focus

[4] ἀλλʼ ἅμα μὲν ἐλπίζων τοσοῦτον διοίσειν ὥστε τοῖς ἄλλοις μηδὲν πώποτε δοκεῖν εἰρῆσθαι περὶ αὐτῶν, ἅμα δὲ προκρίνας τούτους καλλίστους εἶναι τῶν λόγων, οἵτινες περὶ μεγίστων τυγχάνουσιν ὄντες καὶ τούς τε λέγοντας μάλιστʼ ἐπιδεικνύουσι καὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας πλεῖστʼ ὠφελοῦσιν,

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Panegyricus

1. Cf. Lys. 33.3 . For Isocrates, idea of the highest oratory see General Introd. p. xxiv.

Isocrates Panegyricus 4

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