Isocrates, On the Peace, George Norlin (Translator), 85

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[85] Nay, they arrived at such a pitch of folly that at a time when they were not masters of their own suburbs¹ they expected to extend their power over Italy and Sicily and Carthage .² And so far did they outdo all mankind in recklessness that whereas misfortunes chasten others and render them more prudent our fathers learned no lessons even from this discipline.

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

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[85] ἀλλʼ εἰς τοῦτʼ ἀφροσύνης ἦλθον, ὥστε τῶν προαστείων τῶν οἰκείων οὐ κρατοῦντες Ἰταλίας καὶ Σικελίας καὶ Καρχηδόνος ἄρξειν προσεδόκησαν. τοσοῦτον δὲ διήνεγκαν ἀνοίᾳ πάντων ἀνθρώπων, ὥστε τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους αἱ συμφοραὶ συστέλλουσι καὶ ποιοῦσιν ἐμφρονεστέρους, ἐκεῖνοι δʼ οὐδʼ ὑπὸ τούτων ἐπαιδεύθησαν.

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On the Peace

1. Decelea was 14 miles from Athens, but the Athenians kept within their walls, and the Spartans ravaged thier territory almost at will. See Thuc. 7.19 ff.

2. Thucydides makes Alcibiades voice the expectation of conquering first Sicily , then Italy , and then Carthage . See Thuc. 6.90 .

Isocrates On the Peace 85

George Norlin (Translator)

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