Isocrates, Evagoras, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 31

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[31] The confusion attendant upon such occasions, the fears of his followers, the exhortations of their leader—why need I take the time to describe¹? When the supporters of the tyrant opposed him and the citizens generally were observers (for they held their peace because they feared either the authority of the one party or the valor of the other),

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

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Εὐαγόρας Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 31 focus

[31] καὶ τοὺς μὲν θορύβους τοὺς ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις καιροῖς γιγνομένους καὶ τοὺς φόβους τοὺς τῶν ἄλλων καὶ τὰς παρακελεύσεις τὰς ἐκείνου τί δεῖ λέγοντα διατρίβειν; γενομένων δʼ αὐτῷ τῶν μὲν περὶ τὸν τύραννον ἀνταγωνιστῶν, τῶν δʼ ἄλλων πολιτῶν θεατῶν, δεδιότες γὰρ τοῦ μὲν τὴν ἀρχήν, τοῦ δὲ τὴν ἀρετήν,

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1. Cf. Isoc. 4.97 for a similar passage in reference to the sea-fight at Salamis . In Isoc. 5.93-94 Isocrates justifies such “autoplagiarism.”

Isocrates Evagoras 31

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