Isocrates, Archidamus, George Norlin (Translator), 29

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[29] You will perceive still more clearly from what follows both that we are now dealt with most unfairly and that in the past we held Messene justly. For in the many wars which have befallen us we have before this at times been forced to make peace when we were in much worse case than our foes.¹ But, although our treaties were concluded under circumstances in which it was impossible for us to seek any advantage,

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

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[29] ἔτι τοίνυν ἐκ τῶν ἐχομένων γνώσεσθε σαφέστερον ὅτι καὶ νῦν δεινὰ πάσχομεν καὶ τότε Μεσσήνην εἴχομεν δικαίως. πολλῶν γὰρ κινδύνων ἡμῖν γεγενημένων ἤδη ποτὲ ποιήσασθαι τὴν εἰρήνην ἠναγκάσθημεν πολὺ χεῖρον πράττοντες τῶν πολεμίων· ἀλλʼ ὅμως ἐν τοιούτοις καιροῖς γιγνομένων τῶν συνθηκῶν,

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1. such were the Peace of Nicias ( 421 B.C., Thucyd. v. 18), the Peace of Antalcidas, and the separate peace between Athens and Sparta ( Xen. Hell. 6.2.1 ).

Isocrates Archidamus 29

George Norlin (Translator)

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