Isocrates, On the Peace, George Norlin (Translator), 108

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[108] Did not the meddlesomeness of the partizans of Athens cause the various states to become partisans of Sparta , and did not the insolence of the partisans of Sparta force these same states to become partisans of Athens? Did not the people themselves, because of the depravity of the popular orators, desire the oligarchy which was established under the Four Hundred? And have not we, all of us, because of the madness of the Thirty,¹ become greater enthusiasts for democracy than those who occupied Phyle ?²

On the Peace. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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[108] οὐχ ἡ μὲν τῶν ἀττικιζόντων πολυπραγμοσύνη λακωνίζειν τὰς πόλεις ἐποίησεν, ἡ δὲ τῶν λακωνιζόντων ὕβρις ἀττικίζειν τὰς αὐτὰς ταύτας ἠνάγκασεν; οὐ διὰ μὲν τὴν τῶν δημηγορούντων πονηρίαν αὐτὸς ὁ δῆμος ἐπεθύμησε τῆς ὀλιγαρχίας τῆς ἐπὶ τῶν τετρακοσίων καταστάσης, διὰ δὲ τὴν τῶν τριάκοντα μανίαν ἅπαντες δημοτικώτεροι γεγόναμεν τῶν Θυλὴν καταλαβόντων;

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1. For the excesses of the Thirty see Isoc. 7.66 ff.

2. Thrasybulus, the leader of the “people’s party,” seized the fortress of Phyle on Mt. Parnes and held it against the Thirty until the democracy was restored. See Isoc. 7.64 , note.

Isocrates On the Peace 108

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