Isocrates, Panathenaicus, George Norlin (Translator), 72

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[72] For Messene furnished Nestor, the wisest of all who lived in those times; Lacedaemon , Menelaus, who because of his moderation and his justice was the one man to be deemed worthy to become the son-in-law of Zeus;¹ and Argos , Agamemnon, who was possessed, not of one or two of the virtues merely, but of all which anyone can name—

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).) — 72 focus

[72] Μεσσήνη μὲν γὰρ Νέστορα παρέσχε τὸν φρονιμώτατον ἁπάντων τῶν κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον γενομένων, Λακεδαίμων δὲ Μενέλαον τὸν διὰ σωφροσύνην καὶ δικαιοσύνην μόνον ἀξιωθέντα Διὸς γενέσθαι κηδεστήν, ἡ δʼ Ἀργείων πόλις Ἀγαμέμνονα τὸν οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ δύο σχόντα μόνον ἀρετάς, ἀλλὰ πάσας ὅσας ἂν ἔχοι τις εἰπεῖν,

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Panathenaicus

1. Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was the daughter of Zeus. See Hom. Od. 4.569 and Isoc. 10.16 .

Isocrates Panathenaicus 72

George Norlin (Translator)

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