Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 246

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[246] προελόμενον δέ σε¹ συνθεῖναι λόγον μηδὲν ὅμοιον τοῖς ἄλλοις, ἀλλὰ τοῖς μὲν ῥᾳθύμως ἀναγιγνώσκουσιν ἁπλοῦν εἶναι δόξοντα καὶ ῥᾴδιον καταμαθεῖν, τοῖς δʼ ἀκριβῶς διεξιοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ πειρωμένοις κατιδεῖν ὃ τοὺς ἄλλους λέληθεν, χαλεπὸν φανούμενον καὶ δυσκαταμάθητον καὶ πολλῆς μὲν ἱστορίας γέμοντα καὶ φιλοσοφίας, παντοδαπῆς δὲ μεστὸν ποικιλίας καὶ ψευδολογίας, οὐ τῆς εἰθισμένης μετὰ κακίας βλάπτειν τοὺς συμπολιτευομένους, ἀλλὰ τῆς δυναμένης μετὰ παιδιᾶς ὠφελεῖν ἢ τέρπειν τοὺς ἀκούοντας,

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).) — 246 focus

[246] I suppose rather that you will object that, whereas you have deliberately chosen to compose a discourse which is not at all like any other, but which to those who read it casually will appear to be ingenuous and easy to comprehend, though to those who scan it thoroughly and endeavor to see in it what has escaped all others it will reveal itself as difficult and hard to understand, packed with history and philosophy, and filled with all manner of devices and fictions—not the kind of fictions which, used with evil intent, are wont to injure one’s fellow-citizens, but the kind which, used by the cultivated mind, are able to benefit or to delight one’s audience,—

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Panathenaicus

1. προελόμενον δέ σε scripsi· ὅτε δὲ προελόμενος οὐ Τ.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 246

ed. George Norlin

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