Isocrates, To Philip, George Norlin (Translator), 99

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[99] It is well for me to speak to you also about the two Kings, the one against whom I am advising you to take the field, and the one against whom Clearchus made war, in order that you may know the temper and the power of each. In the first place, the father¹ of the present King once defeated our city² and later the city of the Lacedaemonians,³ while this King⁴ has never overcome anyone of the armies which have been violating his territory.

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).) — 99 focus

[99] ἄξιον δὲ μνησθῆναι καὶ τῶν βασιλέων ἀμφοτέρων, ἐφʼ ὃν σοί τε συμβουλεύω στρατεύειν καὶ πρὸς ὃν Κλέαρχος ἐπολέμησεν, ἵνʼ ἑκατέρου τὴν γνώμην καὶ τὴν δύναμιν εἰδῇς. ὁ μὲν τοίνυν τούτου πατὴρ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἡμετέραν καὶ πάλιν τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων κατεπολέμησεν, οὗτος δʼ οὐδενὸς πώποτε τῶν στρατευμάτων τῶν τὴν χώραν αὐτοῦ λυμαινομένων ἐπεκράτησεν.

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To Philip

1. Artaxerxes II., 405-359 B.C.

2. This is inexact. He is probably thinking of the defeat of the Athenians in the Peloponnnesian War in which Sparta had the assistance of Persia ; but Artaxerxes II. came to the throne in the year of the battle of Aegospotami .

3. At the battle of Cnidus with the help of Conon, 394 B.C.

4. Artaxerxes III., 359-339 B.C.

Isocrates To Philip 99

George Norlin (Translator)

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