Isocrates, Panathenaicus, George Norlin (Translator), 63

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[63] as is ever their habit—to denounce our city, to recount the most offensive acts which transpired while she held the empire of the sea, to present in a false light the adjudication of lawsuits in Athens for the allies¹ and her collection of tribute² from them, and above all to dwell on the cruelties suffered at her hands by the Melians and the Scionians and the Toronians,³ thinking by these reproaches to sully the benefactions of Athens which I have just described.

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).) — 63 focus

[63] ὅπερ ἀεὶ ποιεῖν εἰώθασι, καὶ διεξιέναι τὰς δυσχερεστάτας τῶν πράξεων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν γεγενημένων, καὶ τάς τε δίκας καὶ τὰς κρίσεις τὰς ἐνθάδε γιγνομένας τοῖς συμμάχοις καὶ τὴν τῶν φόρων εἴσπραξιν διαβαλεῖν, καὶ μάλιστα διατρίψειν περὶ τὰ Μηλίων πάθη καὶ Σκιωναίων καὶ Τορωναίων, οἰομένους ταῖς κατηγορίαις ταύταις καταρρυπανεῖν τὰς τῆς πόλεως εὐεργεσίας τὰς ὀλίγῳ πρότερον εἰρημένας.

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Panathenaicus

1. Members of the Confederacy of Delos had to bring certain lawsuits, especially those which involved disloyalty to the league in any way, to Athens for trial. See Isoc. 4.113 , note.

2. See Isoc. 7.2 , note.

3. For the treatment of Melos and Scione see Isoc. 4.100 , note, and 109. Torone was captured by Cleon in 422 B.C. The men of the town were sent as prisoners to Athens, and the women and children sold into slavery ( Thuc. 5.3 ).

Isocrates Panathenaicus 63

George Norlin (Translator)

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