Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 102

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[102]
τὸ τοίνυν τελευταῖον, ὃ μόνοι καὶ καθʼ αὑτοὺς ἔπραξαν, τίς οὐκ οἶδεν ὅτι κοινῆς ἡμῖν τῆς ἔχθρας ὑπαρχούσης, τῆς πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους καὶ τοὺς βασιλέας αὐτῶν, ἡμεῖς μὲν ἐν πολέμοις πολλοῖς γιγνόμενοι καὶ μεγάλαις συμφοραῖς ἐνίοτε περιπίπτοντες καὶ τῆς χώρας ἡμῶν θαμὰ πορθουμένης καὶ τεμνομένης οὐδεπώποτʼ ἐβλέψαμεν πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνων φιλίαν καὶ συμμαχίαν, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ ὧν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐπεβούλευσαν μισοῦντες αὐτοὺς διετελέσαμεν μᾶλλον ἢ τοὺς ἐν τῷ παρόντι κακῶς ἡμᾶς ποιοῦντας·

Panathenaicus. Isocrates. ed. George Norlin. Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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

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Panathenaicus Perseus (IIsocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 102 focus

[102] I come now finally to those offences which they alone and by themselves committed.¹ Who does not know that the Spartans, notwithstanding that they and we harbor in common a feeling of hatred towards the barbarians and their kings, and notwithstanding that the Athenians, although beset by many wars and involved at times in great disasters, their territory being often ravaged and cut off by the enemy,² never once turned their eyes towards friendship and alliance with the barbarians, but continued steadfastly to cherish a stronger hatred against them because of what they plotted against the Hellenes than we feel towards those who now seek to injure Athens—

Isocrates Panathenaicus 102

ed. George Norlin

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