Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 126

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[126] καὶ τοῦτο συμβῆναι μόνοις ἐκείνοις. Ἐριχθόνιος μὲν γὰρ ὁ φὺς ἐξ Ἡφαίστου καὶ Γῆς παρὰ Κέκροπος ἄπαιδος ὄντος ἀρρένων παίδων τὸν οἶκον καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν παρέλαβεν· ἐντεῦθεν δʼ ἀρξάμενοι πάντες οἱ γενόμενοι μετʼ ἐκεῖνον, ὄντες οὐκ ὀλίγοι, τὰς κτήσεις τὰς αὑτῶν καὶ τὰς δυναστείας τοῖς αὑτῶν παισὶ παρέδοσαν μέχρι Θησέως.
περὶ οὗ πρὸ πολλοῦ ἂν ἐποιησάμην μὴ διειλέχθαι πρότερον περὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς καὶ τῶν πεπραγμένων αὐτῷ· πολὺ γὰρ ἂν μᾶλλον ἥρμοσεν ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ περὶ τῆς πόλεως διελθεῖν περὶ αὐτῶν. ἀλλὰ γὰρ χαλεπὸν ἦν,

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).) — 126 focus

[126] this too transpired among our ancestors alone. For Erichthonius, the son of Hephaestus and Earth, took over from Cecrops, who was without male descent, his house and kingdom; and beginning with this time all those who came after him—not a few in number—handed down their possessions and their powers to their sons until the reign of Theseus. I would give much not to have spoken about the virtue and the achievements of Theseus on a former occasion,¹ for it would have been more appropriate to discuss this topic in my discourse about our city.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 126

ed. George Norlin

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