Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 161

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[161]
ταῦτα δὲ διῆλθον οὐκ ἀγνοῶν ὅτι λέγειν τινὲς τολμήσουσιν ὡς ἔξω τῆς ὑποθέσεως τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις ἐχρησάμην. ἐγὼ δʼ οὐδέποτʼ ἂν οἶμαι τοῖς προειρημένοις οἰκειοτέρους λόγους ῥηθῆναι τούτων, οὐδʼ ἐξ ὧν ἄν τις σαφέστερον ἐπιδείξειε τοὺς προγόνους ἡμῶν φρονιμωτέρους ὄντας περὶ τὰ μέγιστα τῶν τήν τε πόλιν τὴν ἡμετέραν καὶ τὴν Σπαρτιατῶν μετὰ τὸν πόλεμον τὸν πρὸς Ξέρξην διοικησάντων.

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).) — 161 focus

[161] I have gone into these matters,not without realizing that some will dare to say that I have here used an argument which lies beyond the scope of my subject. I, however, hold that never has an argument been advanced more pertinent than this to the foregoing discussion, neither is there any by which one can show more clearly that our ancestors were wiser in dealing with the greatest questions than were those who governed our city and the city of the Spartans after the war against Xerxes.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 161

ed. George Norlin

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