Isocrates, Plataicus, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 5

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[5] And the chief cause of our indignation is that we are so far from being judged worthy of equality with the rest of the Greeks that, although we are at peace¹ and although treaties exist, we not only have no share in the liberty which all the rest enjoy, but that we are not considered worthy of even a moderate condition of servitude.

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

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

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Πλαταικός Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 5 focus

[5] πολὺ δὲ μάλιστʼ ἀγανακτοῦμεν ὅτι τοσούτου δέομεν τῶν ἴσων ἀξιοῦσθαι τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἕλλησιν, ὥστʼ εἰρήνης οὔσης καὶ συνθηκῶν γεγενημένων οὐχ ὅπως τῆς κοινῆς ἐλευθερίας μετέχομεν, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ δουλείας μετρίας τυχεῖν ἠξιώθημεν.

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Plataicus

1. This seems to be a reference to the peace of 374 B.C., made between Athens and Sparta (see Jebb, Attic Orators ii. p. 177).

Isocrates Plataicus 5

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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