Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 129

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[129] Well, if I were trying to present this matter to any others before having broached it to my own country, which has thrice¹ freed Hellas—twice from the barbarians and once from the Lacedaemonian yoke—I should confess my error. In truth, however, it will be found that I turned to Athens first of all and endeavored to win her over to this cause with all the earnestness of which my nature is capable,² but when I perceived that she cared less for what I said than for the ravings of the platform orators,³ I gave her up, although I did not abandon my efforts.

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).) — 129 focus

[129] ἐγὼ δʼ εἰ μὲν πρὸς ἄλλους τινὰς πρότερον ἐπεχείρουν διαλέγεσθαι περὶ τούτων ἢ πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα τὴν αὑτοῦ τὴν τρὶς τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐλευθερώσασαν, δὶς μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων, ἅπαξ δʼ ἀπὸ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων ἀρχῆς, ὡμολόγουν ἂν πλημμελεῖν· νῦν δʼ ἐκείνην μὲν φανήσομαι πρώτην ἐπὶ ταῦτα προτρέπων ὡς ἠδυνάμην μετὰ πλείστης σπουδῆς, αἰσθανόμενος δʼ ἔλαττον αὐτὴν φροντίζουσαν τῶν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ λεγομένων ἢ τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος μαινομένων ἐκείνην μὲν εἴασα, τῆς δὲ πραγματείας οὐκ ἀπέστην.

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To Philip

1. Twice from the barbarians—at Marathon and Salamis ; once from the Spartans at the battle of Cnidus , where the navy under Conon put an end to the Spartan hegemony.

2. In the Panegyricus.

3. See General Introd. p. xxxviii.

Isocrates To Philip 129

George Norlin (Translator)

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