Isocrates, Panathenaicus, George Norlin (Translator), 13

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[13] furthermore, that these orators are either wrangling among themselves¹ in the assemblies over deposits of money² or insulting our allies³ or blackmailing⁴ whosoever of the rest of the world chances to be the object of their attacks, while I, for my part, have led the way in discourses which exhort the Hellenes to concord among themselves and war against the barbarians

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

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[13] ἔτι δὲ τοὺς μὲν ἢ λοιδορουμένους ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις περὶ μεσεγγυήματος σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἢ λυμαινομένους τοὺς συμμάχους ἢ τῶν ἄλλων ὃν ἂν τύχωσι συκοφαντοῦντας, ἐμὲ δὲ τῶν λόγων ἡγεμόνα τούτων γεγενημένον, τῶν παρακαλούντων τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐπί τε τὴν ὁμόνοιαν τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους καὶ τὴν στρατείαν τὴν ἐπὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους,

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Panathenaicus

1. Cf., for this contrast between the other orators and himself, Isoc. 15.147-149 .

2. For this common cause of controversy see Isoc. 4.188 and note. Such controversies were sometimes referred to the General Assembly and there debated and voted upon.

3. Cf. Isoc. 12.142 and Isoc. 15.318 .

4. Cf. Isoc. 15.318 .

Isocrates Panathenaicus 13

George Norlin (Translator)

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