Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 64

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[64] And not only did he rebuild the walls of his country,¹ but he restored Athens to the same high repute from which she had fallen. And yet who could have expected that a man whose own fortunes had fallen so low would completely reverse the fortunes of Hellas , degrading some of the Hellenic states from places of honor and raising others into prominence?

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).) — 64 focus

[64] τοὺς δʼ Ἕλληνας ἠλευθέρωσεν, οὐ μόνον δὲ τὰ τείχη τῆς πατρίδος ἀνώρθωσεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν δόξαν προήγαγεν ἐξ ἧσπερ ἐξέπεσεν. καίτοι τίς ἂν προσεδόκησεν ὑπʼ ἀνδρὸς οὕτω ταπεινῶς πράξαντος ἀναστραφήσεσθαι τὰ τῆς Ἑλλάδος πράγματα, καὶ τὰς μὲν ἀτιμωθήσεσθαι τὰς δʼ ἐπιπολάσειν τῶν Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων;

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To Philip

1. He restored the walls which had been torn down as one of the terms imposed upon Athens after the battle of Aegospotami . Xen. Hell. 4.8.9 ff.

Isocrates To Philip 64

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