Isocrates, Evagoras, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 63

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[63] And finally he so glutted them with war¹ that the Persian kings, who at other times were not accustomed to make peace with their rebellious subjects until they had become masters of their persons, gladly made peace,² abandoning this custom and leaving entirely undisturbed the authority of Evagoras.

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

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

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Εὐαγόρας Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 63 focus

[63] τελευτῶν δʼ οὕτως ἐνέπλησεν αὐτοὺς τοῦ πολεμεῖν, ὥστʼ εἰθισμένων τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον τῶν βασιλέων μὴ διαλλάττεσθαι τοῖς ἀποστᾶσι πρὶν κύριοι γένοιντο τῶν σωμάτων, ἄσμενοι τὴν εἰρήνην ἐποιήσαντο, λύσαντες μὲν τὸν νόμον τοῦτον, οὐδὲν δὲ κινήσαντες τῆς Εὐαγόρου τυραννίδος.

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Evagoras

1. A Homeric reminiscence.

2. For the actual facts see Dio. Sic. 15.9 .

Isocrates Evagoras 63

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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