Isocrates, Panathenaicus, George Norlin (Translator), 209

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[209] But in these respects the Lacedaemonians are more backward than the barbarians. For you will find that the latter have been both pupils and teachers of many discoveries, while the Lacedaemonians have fallen so far behind our common culture and learning that they do not even try to instruct themselves in letters¹—a science which has so much power that those who understand and use it become apprized not only of the things which have been accomplished in their own time but also of the things which have come to pass in any age whatsoever.

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).) — 209 focus

[209] ὧν Λακεδαιμόνιοι πλέον ἀπέχουσι τῶν βαρβάρων· οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἂν φανεῖεν πολλῶν εὑρημάτων καὶ μαθηταὶ καὶ διδάσκαλοι γεγονότες, οὗτοι δὲ τοσοῦτον ἀπολελειμμένοι τῆς κοινῆς παιδείας καὶ φιλοσοφίας εἰσὶν ὥστʼ οὐδὲ γράμματα μανθάνουσιν, ἃ τηλικαύτην ἔχει δύναμιν ὥστε τοὺς ἐπισταμένους καὶ χρωμένους αὐτοῖς μὴ μόνον ἐμπείρους γίγνεσθαι τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς ἡλικίας τῆς αὑτῶν πραχθέντων ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν πώποτε γενομένων.

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Panathenaicus

1. ”Before the development of the body, that of the mind had completely to give way“ in Sparta . See Plut. Lyc. 16 ; Gilbert GCA p.64.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 209

George Norlin (Translator)

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