Isocrates, Areopagiticus, George Norlin (Translator), 8

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[8] Whoever, therefore, knowing that such great vicissitudes have taken place and that such mighty powers have been so quickly brought to naught, yet trusts in our present circumstances, is all too foolish,¹ especially since Athens is now in a much less favorable condition than she was at that time, while the hatred² of us among the Hellenes and the enmity³ of the great King, which then brought disaster to our arms, have been again revived.

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

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[8] ὅστις οὖν εἰδὼς τοσαύτας μεταβολὰς γεγενημένας καὶ τηλικαύτας δυνάμεις οὕτω ταχέως ἀναιρεθείσας πιστεύει τοῖς παροῦσι, λίαν ἀνόητός ἐστιν, ἄλλως τε καὶ τῆς μὲν πόλεως ἡμῶν πολὺ καταδεέστερον νῦν πραττούσης ἢ κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον, τοῦ δὲ μίσους τοῦ τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ τῆς ἔχθρας τῆς πρὸς βασιλέα πάλιν ἀνακεκαινισμένης, ἃ τότε κατεπολέμησεν ἡμᾶς.

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Areopagiticus

1. For the language cf. Isoc. 6.48 .

2. By the bitter “Social War.” See General Introduction p. xxxviii.

3. In the course of the “Social War,” the Athenian general Chares had aided the satrap Artabazus in his revolt against Artaxerxes III. See Diodorus xvi. 22.

Isocrates Areopagiticus 8

George Norlin (Translator)

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