Isocrates, Archidamus, George Norlin (Translator), 43

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[43] For they alone of those who dwelt outside of the Peloponnesus , although they saw that the strength of the barbarians was irresistible, did not think it honorable to consider the terms imposed upon them,¹ but straightway chose to see their city ravaged rather than enslaved. Leaving their own country,² and adopting Freedom as their fatherland, they shared the dangers of war with us, and wrought such a change in their fortunes that, after being deprived of their own possessions for but a few days, they became for many years masters of the rest of the world.³

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

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[43] μόνοι γὰρ τῶν ἔξω Πελοποννήσου κατοικούντων, ὁρῶντες τὴν τῶν βαρβάρων δύναμιν ἀνυπόστατον οὖσαν, οὐκ ἠξίωσαν βουλεύσασθαι περὶ τῶν προσταττομένων αὐτοῖς, ἀλλʼ εὐθὺς εἵλοντο περιιδεῖν ἀνάστατον τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένην μᾶλλον ἢ δουλεύουσαν. ἐκλιπόντες δὲ τὴν χώραν, καὶ πατρίδα μὲν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν νομίσαντες, κοινωνήσαντες δὲ τῶν κινδύνων ἡμῖν, τοσαύτης μεταβολῆς ἔτυχον, ὥστε ὀλίγας ἡμέρας στερηθέντες τῶν αὑτῶν πολὺν χρόνον τῶν ἄλλων δεσπόται κατέστησαν.

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Archidamus

1. These terms were to give earth and water, in token of submission, to the heralds of the Great King. Hdt. 7.133 .

2. Cf. Isoc. 4.96 .

3. Cf. Isoc. 4.72 .

Isocrates Archidamus 43

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