Isocrates, On the Peace, George Norlin (Translator), 46

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[46] And we have reached such a degree of imbecility that, although we are ourselves in need of the necessities of daily existence, we have undertaken to support mercenary troops and we do violence to our own allies and extort money from them in order to provide pay for the common enemies of all mankind.¹

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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[46] εἰς τοῦτο δὲ μωρίας ἐληλύθαμεν, ὥστʼ αὐτοὶ μὲν ἐνδεεῖς τῶν καθʼ ἡμέραν ἐσμέν, ξενοτροφεῖν δʼ ἐπικεχειρήκαμεν, καὶ τοὺς συμμάχους τοὺς ἡμετέρους αὐτῶν ἰδίους λυμαινόμεθα καὶ δασμολογοῦμεν, ἵνα τοῖς ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων κοινοῖς ἐχθροῖς τὸν μισθὸν ἐκπορίζωμεν.

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On the Peace

1. These troops, whose only thought was for pay or plunder, made no difference between foes and friends. See Isoc. Letter 9.9-10 . Demosthenes also ( Dem. 23.139 ) calls them κοινοὶ κατὰ κᾶσαν χώραν ἐχθροί.

Isocrates On the Peace 46

George Norlin (Translator)

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