Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 256

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[256] ταῦτα δὲ διανοηθέντας καὶ πολεμεῖν ἐπιχειρήσαντας οὐκ ἀπειπεῖν, ἐν πολλοῖς κακοῖς καὶ κινδύνοις γιγνομένους, πρὶν ἁπάσας ταύτας ὑφʼ αὑτοῖς ἐποιήσαντο πλὴν τῆς Ἀργείων πόλεως, ἔχοντας δʼ ἤδη καὶ χώραν πλείστην καὶ δύναμιν μεγίστην καὶ δόξαν τοσαύτην ὅσην προσήκει τοὺς τηλικαῦτα διαπεπραγμένους οὐχ ἧττον διακεῖσθαι φιλοτίμως, ὅτι λόγος ὑπῆρχεν αὐτοῖς ἴδιος καὶ καλὸς μόνοις τῶν Ἑλλήνων·

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).) — 256 focus

[256] In this state of mind, they undertook to wage war and did not cease, albeit they were involved in many misadventures and dangers, before they had reduced them all to subjection, except the city of the Argives. But when at length they held the greatest territory and the strongest power in Hellas and a reputation appropriate to men who had achieved such mighty things, they continued no less to pride themselves upon the fact that they could boast of a record unique and glorious:

Isocrates Panathenaicus 256

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