Isocrates, Areopagiticus, George Norlin (Translator), 7

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[7] Likewise the Lacedaemonians, after having set out in ancient times from obscure and humble cities, made themselves, because they lived temperately and under military discipline, masters of the Peloponnesus ;¹ whereas later, when they grew overweening and seized the empire both of the sea and of the land, they fell into the same dangers as ourselves.²

Areopagiticus. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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[7] Λακεδαιμόνιοί τε τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν ἐκ φαύλων καὶ ταπεινῶν πόλεων ὁρμηθέντες διὰ τὸ σωφρόνως ζῆν καὶ στρατιωτικῶς κατέσχον Πελοπόννησον, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα μεῖζον φρονήσαντες τοῦ δέοντος, καὶ λαβόντες καὶ τὴν κατὰ γῆν καὶ τὴν κατὰ θάλατταν ἀρχήν, εἰς τοὺς αὐτοὺς κινδύνους κατέστησαν ἡμῖν.

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1. See Isoc. 4.61 ; Isoc. 12.253 ff.

2. The Spartan supremacy began with the triumph over Athens in 404 B.C. and ended with the defeat at Leuctra, 371 B.C. See Vol I. p. 402, footnote. Cf. Isoc. 5.47 . After Leuctra, Athens , in her turn, saved Sparta from destruction. See Isoc. 5.44 and note.

Isocrates Areopagiticus 7

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