Isocrates, Panathenaicus, George Norlin (Translator), 10

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[10] For I was born more lacking in the two things which have the greatest power in Athens—a strong voice and ready assurance¹—than, I dare say, any of my fellow-citizens. And those who are not endowed with these are condemned to go about in greater obscurity so far as public recognition is concerned than those who owe money to the state;² for the latter have still the hope of paying off the fine assessed against them, whereas the former can never change their nature.

Panathenaicus. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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Panathenaicus (English) (IIsocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).)

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Παναθηναικός Perseus (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 10 focus

[10] οὕτω γὰρ ἐνδεὴς ἀμφοτέρων ἐγενόμην τῶν μεγίστην δύναμιν ἐχόντων παρʼ ἡμῖν, φωνῆς ἱκανῆς καὶ τόλμης, ὡς οὐκ οἶδʼ εἴ τις ἄλλος τῶν πολιτῶν· ὧν οἱ μὴ τυχόντες ἀτιμότεροι περιέρχονται πρὸς τὸ δοκεῖν ἄξιοί τινος εἶναι τῶν ὀφειλόντων τῷ δημοσίῳ· τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἐκτίσειν τὸ καταγνωσθὲν ἐλπίδες ὕπεισιν, οἱ δʼ οὐδέποτʼ ἂν τὴν φύσιν μεταβάλοιεν.

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Panathenaicus

1. Cf. Isoc. 5.81 and note; Isoc. Letter 1.9 ff. ; Isoc. Letter 8.7 ; and Aristoph. Kn. 217 ff. : τὰ δ′ ἄλλα σοι πρόσεστι δημαγωγικά, φωνὴ μιαρά, γέγονας κακῶς, ἀγόραιος εἶ· ἐχεις ἅπαντα πρὸς πολιτείαν ἃ δεῖ.

2. An unpaid fine entailed disfranchisement in Athens.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 10

George Norlin (Translator)

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