Isocrates, On the Peace, George Norlin (Translator), 4

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[4] Wherefore one may justly take you to task because, while you know well that many great houses¹ have been ruined² by flatterers³ and while in your private affairs you abhor those who practice this art, in your public affairs you are not so minded towards them; on the contrary, while you denounce those who welcome and enjoy the society of such men, you yourselves make it manifest that you place greater confidence in them than in the rest of your fellow citizens.

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

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[4] ὃ καὶ δικαίως ἄν τις ὑμῖν ἐπιτιμήσειεν, ὅτι συνειδότες. πολλοὺς καὶ μεγάλους οἴκους ὑπὸ τῶν κολακευόντων ἀναστάτους γεγενημένους, καὶ μισοῦντες ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων τοὺς ταύτην ἔχοντας τὴν τέχνην, ἐπὶ τῶν κοινῶν οὐχ ὁμοίως διάκεισθε πρὸς αὐτούς, ἀλλὰ κατηγοροῦντες τῶν προσιεμένων καὶ χαιρόντων τοῖς τοιούτοις αὐτοὶ φαίνεσθε μᾶλλον τούτοις πιστεύοντες ἢ τοῖς ἄλλοις πολίταις.

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On the Peace

1. This term is used of estates in Isoc. 8.117 . Here it is used of both families and their estates. Cf. Isoc. 8.88 .

2. By the casualties and expenses of war.

3. Demagogic leaders of the war party, later termed sycophants. See Isoc. 8.121 ff.

Isocrates On the Peace 4

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