Isocrates On the Peace 24

[24] And, mark you, it will be possible for us to cut off from the region of Thrace enough land ¹ so that we shall not only have abundance ourselves but shall also be able to furnish adequate means of subsistence to those of the Hellenes who are in need and, because of their poverty, are now wandering from place to place. ² For where Athenodorus ³ and Callistratus, ⁴ the one a private, the other an exile, have been able to found cities, surely we could gain possession of many such places if we so desired. And those who claim the right to stand at the head of the Hellenes ought to become leaders of such enterprises much rather than of war and of hireling armies, ⁵ which at the present time are the objects of our ambition.