Isocrates, Areopagiticus, George Norlin (Translator), 81

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[81] Today, however, circumstances are so completely reversed that the Hellenes regard Athens with hatred and the barbarians hold us in contempt. As to the hatred of us among the Hellenes, you have heard the report of our generals¹ themselves, and what the King thinks of us, he has made plain in the letters which have been dispatched by him.²

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

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Areopagiticus (English) (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).)

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Ἀρεοπαγιτικός Perseus (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 81 focus

[81] ἀλλὰ πολλὴν ἡσυχίαν ἦγον. νῦν δʼ εἰς τοῦτο τὰ πράγματα περιέστηκεν, ὥσθʼ οἱ μὲν μισοῦσι τὴν πόλιν, οἱ δὲ καταφρονοῦσιν ἡμῶν· καὶ περὶ μὲν τοῦ μίσους τῶν Ἑλλήνων αὐτῶν ἀκηκόατε τῶν στρατηγῶν· ὡς δὲ βασιλεὺς ἔχει πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐκ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν ὧν ἔπεμψεν ἐδήλωσεν.

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Areopagiticus

1. He speaks as though addressing an actual assembly which had received reports from the generals and dispatches from the King of Persia . See Introduction, close.

2. Threatening dispatches sent to the Athenians because Chares had supported the cause of the rebel satrap Artabazus. See 8, note.

Isocrates Areopagiticus 81

George Norlin (Translator)

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