Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 21

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[21] Has he not overthrown the Magnesians and the Perrhaebians and the Paeonians, and taken them all under his yoke? Has he not made himself lord and ruler of most of the Illyrians—all save those who dwell along the Adriatic? Has he not set over all Thrace such masters as he pleased?¹ Do you not, then, think that the man who has achieved such great things will pronounce the sender of this pamphlet a great simpleton, and will consider that he was utterly deluded both as to the power of his words and his own insight?”

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).) — 21 focus

[21] Μάγνητας δὲ καὶ Περραιβοὺς καὶ Παίονας κατέστραπται, καὶ πάντας ὑπηκόους αὐτοὺς εἴληφεν; τοῦ δʼ Ἰλλυριῶν πλήθους πλὴν τῶν παρὰ τὸν Ἀδρίαν οἰκούντων ἐγκρατὴς καὶ κύριος γέγονεν; ἁπάσης δὲ τῆς Θρᾴκης οὓς ἠβουλήθη δεσπότας κατέστησεν; τὸν δὴ τοιαῦτα καὶ τηλικαῦτα διαπεπραγμένον οὐκ οἴει πολλὴν μωρίαν καταγνώσεσθαι τοῦ πέμψαντος τὸ βιβλίον, καὶ πολὺ διεψεῦσθαι νομιεῖν τῆς τε τῶν λόγων δυνάμεως καὶ τῆς αὑτοῦ διανοίας;”

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To Philip

1. For these early conquests of Philip see Grote, Hist. xi. p. 18.

Isocrates To Philip 21

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