Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 124

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[124] For as things now are, who would not have reason to be amazed¹ at the turn events have taken and to feel contempt for us, when among the barbarians, whom we have come to look upon as effeminate and unversed in war and utterly degenerate from luxurious living,² men have arisen³ who thought themselves worthy to rule over Hellas , while among the Hellenes no one has aspired so high as to attempt to make us masters of Asia?

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).) — 124 focus

[124] ἐπεὶ νῦν γε τίς οὐκ ἂν εἰκότως τὰ συμβεβηκότα θαυμάσειε καὶ καταφρονήσειεν ἡμῶν, ὅπου παρὰ μὲν τοῖς βαρβάροις, οὓς ὑπειλήφαμεν μαλακοὺς εἶναι καὶ πολέμων ἀπείρους καὶ διεφθαρμένους ὑπὸ τῆς τρυφῆς, ἄνδρες ἐγγεγόνασιν οἳ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἄρχειν ἠξίωσαν, τῶν δʼ Ἑλλήνων οὐδεὶς τοσοῦτον πεφρόνηκεν ὥστʼ ἐπιχειρῆσαι τῆς Ἀσίας ἡμᾶς ποιῆσαι κυρίους,

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To Philip

1. For this and what follows cf. Isoc. 4.133-136 .

2. Persian effeminacy is described at length in Isoc. 4.150 ff.

3. Dareius, Xerxes.

Isocrates To Philip 124

George Norlin (Translator)

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