Isocrates, On the Peace, George Norlin (Translator), 97

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[97] And they became so addicted to war and the perils of war that, whereas in times past they had been more cautious in this regard¹ than the rest of the world, they did not refrain from attacking even their own allies and their own benefactors; on the contrary, although the great King had furnished them with more than five thousand talents² for the war against us, and although the Chians³ had supported them more zealously than any of their other allies by means of their fleet

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

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[97] οὕτω δὲ φιλοπολέμως καὶ φιλοκινδύνως διετέθησαν, τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα πεφυλαγμένως μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων ἔχοντες, ὥστε οὐδὲ τῶν συμμάχων οὐδὲ τῶν εὐεργετῶν ἀπέσχοντο τῶν σφετέρων αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ βασιλέως μὲν αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸν πρὸς ἡμᾶς πόλεμον πλέον ἢ πεντακισχίλια τάλαντα παρασχόντος, Χίων δὲ προθυμότατα πάντων τῶν συμμάχων τῷ ναυτικῷ συγκινδυνευσάντων,

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On the Peace

1. An example of this caution is the advice of King Archidamus at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. See Thuc. 1.80 .

2. So also Andocides, Isoc. 8.29 .

3. Chios revolted from Athens in 412 B. C. and supported Sparta with her fleet until the end of the Peloponnesian War.

Isocrates On the Peace 97

George Norlin (Translator)

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