Isocrates, On the Peace, George Norlin (Translator), 37

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[37] Now I should be glad if they would inform me what ancestors they would have us imitate. Do they mean those who lived at the time of the Persian Wars¹ or those who governed the city before the Decelean War²? If they mean the latter then they are simply advising us to run the risk once again of being enslaved³;

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

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On the Peace (English) (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).)

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[37] ἡδέως ἂν οὖν αὐτῶν πυθοίμην, τίσιν ἡμᾶς τῶν προγεγενημένων κελεύουσιν ὁμοίους γίγνεσθαι, πότερον τοῖς περὶ τὰ Περσικὰ γενομένοις, ἢ τοῖς πρὸ τοῦ πολέμου τοῦ Δεκελεικοῦ τὴν πόλιν διοικήσασιν; εἰ μὲν γὰρ τούτοις, οὐδὲν ἀλλʼ ἢ συμβουλεύουσιν ἡμῖν πάλιν περὶ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ κινδυνεύειν·

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On the Peace

1. See 75.

2. This term is frequently used to denote the last decade of the Peloponnesian War, from the occupation of the fort of Decelea near Athens by the Spartans in 413 B.C. Cf. 84. During this period the affairs of Athens went from bad to worse.

3. As at the end of the Peloponnesian War. Cf. 78.

Isocrates On the Peace 37

George Norlin (Translator)

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