Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 112

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[112]
ἢν δὴ τοιοῦτον ἐπιχειρῶσί τι ποιεῖν, προσήκει τοὺς εὖ φρονοῦντας ληρεῖν νομίζειν αὐτούς. ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑπεθέμην οὐχ ὡς περὶ τῶν πολιτειῶν διαλεξόμενος, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐπιδείξων τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν πολὺ πλείονος ἀξίαν Λακεδαιμονίων περὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας γεγενημένην. ἢν μὲν οὖν ἀναιρῶσί τι τούτων, ἢ πράξεις ἑτέρας κοινὰς λέγωσι περὶ ἃς ἐκεῖνοι βελτίους ἡμῶν γεγόνασιν, εἰκότως ἂν ἐπαίνου τυγχάνοιεν· ἢν δὲ λέγειν ἐπιχειρῶσι περὶ ὧν ἐγὼ μηδεμίαν μνείαν ποιησαίμην, δικαίως ἂν ἅπασιν ἀναισθήτως ἔχειν δοκοῖεν.

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

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Panathenaicus Perseus (IIsocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 112 focus

[112] If, however, they attempt anything of the sort, all intelligent men should condemn them as speaking beside the point. For I undertook my subject with the avowed purpose, not of discussing polities, but of proving that our city has been of much greater service to the Hellenes than has the city of the Lacedaemonians. If, then, they can overthrow any of these proofs or cite other achievements common to both these cities in which the Spartans have shown themselves superior to us, naturally they should be commended. But if they attempt to bring in matters of which I have made no mention, they will deserve the censure of all for their lack of perception.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 112

ed. George Norlin

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