Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 33

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[33] the Lacedaemonians have conferred upon his descendants the kingship and the power of command¹ for all time; and as for our city, we are informed by those whom we credit in matters of ancient history that she aided Heracles to win his immortality²(in what way you can easily learn at another time; it would be unseasonable for me to relate it now), and that she aided his children to preserve their lives.³

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).) — 33 focus

[33] Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ τοῖς ἀπʼ ἐκείνου γεγονόσι καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν καὶ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν χρόνον δεδώκασι· τὴν δὲ πόλιν τὴν ἡμετέραν φασίν, οἷς περὶ τῶν παλαιῶν πιστεύομεν, Ἡρακλεῖ μὲν συναιτίαν γενέσθαι τῆς ἀθανασίας (ὃν δὲ τρόπον, σοὶ μὲν αὖθις πυθέσθαι ῥᾴδιον, ἐμοὶ δὲ νῦν εἰπεῖν οὐ καιρός), τοῖς δὲ παισὶ τοῖς ἐκείνου τῆς σωτηρίας.

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To Philip

1. See Isoc. 4.62 and note.

2. According to Dio. Sic. 4.39 the Athenians were the first to offer sacrifices to Heracles as a god.

3. For this statement and the following paragraph see Isoc. 4.56-62 .

Isocrates To Philip 33

George Norlin (Translator)

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