Nicocles or the Cyprians. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.
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Νικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι (Greek) (Isocrates, Vol. 1. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1928 (printing).)
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Nicocles or the Cyprians Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 1. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1928 (printing).) — 24 focus
[24] and again, we know that while the Carthaginians and the Lacedaemonians, who are the best governed peoples of the world,
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are ruled by oligarchies at home, yet, when they take the field, they are ruled by kings. One might also point out that the state
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which more than any other abhors absolute rule meets with disaster when it sends out many generals,
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and with success when it wages war under a single leader.
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Nicocles or the Cyprians
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ἄλλων Blass:
Ἑλλήνων MSS.
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πόλιν Γ· πόλιν τῶν Ἀθηναίων vulg.