Isocrates Panathenaicus 41

ed. George Norlin

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[41]
ἢν δή τις ἡμᾶς τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον σκοπῆται καὶ παραβάλλῃ μὴ πρὸς τὴν τυχοῦσαν πόλιν ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν Σπαρτιατῶν, ἣν οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ μετρίως ἐπαινοῦσιν, ἔνιοι δέ τινες ὥσπερ τῶν ἡμιθέων ἐκεῖ πεπολιτευμένων μέμνηνται περὶ αὐτῶν, φανησόμεθα καὶ τῇ δυνάμει καὶ ταῖς πράξεσι καὶ ταῖς εὐεργεσίαις ταῖς περὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας πλέον ἀπολελοιπότες αὐτοὺς ἢ ʼκεῖνοι τοὺς ἄλλους.

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).) — 41 focus

[41] If, then, one views Athens in this light and compares her, not with any city chosen at random, but with the city of the Spartans, which most people praise moderately while some¹ extol her as though the demigods had there governed the state, then Athens, in her power, in her deeds and in her benefactions to the Hellenes, will be seen to have outdistanced Sparta more than Sparta the rest of the world.

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