Isocrates, On the Peace, George Norlin (Translator), 92

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[92] for in place of holding the citadels of other states, her people saw the day when the enemy was in possession of the Acropolis¹; in place of dragging children from their mothers and fathers and taking them as hostages,² many of her citizens, living in a state of siege, were compelled to educate and support their children with less than was their due; and in place of farming the lands of other states,³ for many years⁴ they were denied the opportunity of even setting eyes upon their own fields.

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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[92] ἀντὶ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ φρουρεῖν τὰς τῶν ἄλλων ἀκροπόλεις τῆς αὑτῶν ἐπεῖδον τοὺς πολεμίους κυρίους γενομένους· ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ παῖδας ὁμήρους λαμβάνειν, ἀποσπῶντες ἀπὸ πατέρων καὶ μητέρων, πολλοὶ τῶν πολιτῶν ἠναγκάσθησαν τοὺς αὑτῶν ἐν τῇ πολιορκίᾳ χεῖρον παιδεύειν καὶ τρέφειν ἢ προσῆκεν αὐτοῖς· ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ γεωργεῖν τὰς χώρας τὰς ἀλλοτρίας πολλῶν ἐτῶν οὐδʼ ἰδεῖν αὐτοῖς ἐξεγένετο τὴν αὑτῶν.

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On the Peace

1. A Spartan garrison occupied the Acropolis during the rule of the Thirty.

2. This the Athenians did at Samos in 440 B.C. See Thuc. 1.115 .

3. The reference is to the cleruchies. See 6, note.

4. From 413 to 404 B.C.

Isocrates On the Peace 92

George Norlin (Translator)

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