Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 43

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[43] But why speak of ancient history, or of our dealings with the barbarians? If one should scan and review the misfortunes of the Hellenes in general, these will appear as nothing in comparison with those which we Athenians have experienced through the Thebans and the Lacedaemonians.¹ Nevertheless, when the Lacedaemonians took the field against the Thebans and were minded to humiliate Boeotia and break up the league of her cities, we sent a relief expedition² and thwarted the desires of the Lacedaemonians.

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).) — 43 focus

[43] καὶ τί δεῖ λέγειν τὰ παλαιὰ καὶ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους; ἀλλʼ εἴ τις ἀθρήσειε καὶ σκέψαιτο τὰς τῶν Ἑλλήνων συμφοράς, οὐδὲν ἂν μέρος οὖσαι φανεῖεν τῶν διὰ Θηβαίους καὶ Λακεδαιμονίους ἡμῖν γεγενημένων. ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν ἧττον Λακεδαιμονίων τε στρατευσάντων ἐπὶ Θηβαίους, καὶ βουλομένων λυμήνασθαι τὴν Βοιωτίαν καὶ διοικίσαι τὰς πόλεις, βοηθήσαντες ἡμεῖς ἐμποδὼν ἐγενόμεθα ταῖς ἐκείνων ἐπιθυμίαις·

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To Philip

1. Especially at the close of the Peloponnesian War. See Isoc. 14.31 ; Xen. Hell. 3.5.8 .

2. Under Chabrias, against Agesilaus, 378 B.C. Xen. Hell. 5.4 ; Grote, Hist. ix. p. 343.

Isocrates To Philip 43

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