Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 106

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[106] I draw my inference from their actions while they lived. For your father, in dealing with those states which I am urging you to cultivate, kept on friendly terms¹ with them all. And the founder of your empire, although he aspired higher than did his fellow citizens² and set his heart on a king’s power, was not minded to take the same road as others who set out to attain a like ambition.

To Philip. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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To Philip (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 1. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1928 (printing).)

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Φίλιππος Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 1. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1928 (printing).) — 106 focus

[106] χρῶμαι δὲ τεκμηρίοις ἐξ ὧν διαπεπραγμένοι τυγχάνουσιν. ὅ τε γὰρ πατήρ σου πρὸς τὰς πόλεις ταύτας, αἷς σοὶ παραινῶ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν, πρὸς ἁπάσας οἰκείως εἶχεν· ὅ τε κτησάμενος τὴν ἀρχήν, μεῖζον φρονήσας τῶν αὑτοῦ πολιτῶν καὶ μοναρχίας ἐπιθυμήσας, οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐβουλεύσατο τοῖς πρὸς τὰς τοιαύτας φιλοτιμίας ὁρμωμένοις.

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To Philip

1. With Athens , Aeschin. 2.26 ; with Sparta , Xen. Hell. 5.2.38 .

2. Of Argos .

Isocrates To Philip 106

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