Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 50

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[50] But the worst of their afflictions is that they live in continual fear that the Thebans may patch up their quarrel with the Phocians¹ and, returning again,² ring them about with still greater calamities than have befallen them in the past. How, then, can we refuse to believe that people so hard pressed would gladly see at the head of a movement for peace a man who commands confidence and has the power to put an end to the wars in which they are involved?

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).) — 50 focus

[50] τὸ δὲ μέγιστον τῶν κακῶν· δεδιότες γὰρ διατελοῦσι μὴ Θηβαῖοι διαλυσάμενοι τὰ πρὸς Φωκέας πάλιν ἐπανελθόντες μείζοσιν αὐτοὺς συμφοραῖς περιβάλωσι τῶν πρότερον γεγενημένων. καίτοι πῶς οὐ χρὴ νομίζειν τοὺς οὕτω διακειμένους ἀσμένους ἂν ἰδεῖν ἐπιστατοῦντα τῆς εἰρήνης ἀξιόχρεων ἄνδρα καὶ δυνάμενον διαλῦσαι τοὺς ἐνεστῶτας πολέμους αὐτοῖς;

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To Philip

1. Thebes was the principal enemy of the Phocians in the Sacred War, which was now drawing to a close. For this war see Grote, Hist. xi. p. 45.

2. As in the campaign referred to in 44, which ended with the battle of Mantinea .

Isocrates To Philip 50

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