Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 5

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[5]
διαλέξομαι δὲ περί τε τῶν τῇ πόλει πεπραγμένων καὶ περὶ τῆς τῶν προγόνων ἀρετῆς, οὐκ ἀπὸ τούτων ἀρξάμενος, ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐμοὶ συμβεβηκότων· ἐντεῦθεν γὰρ οἶμαι μᾶλλον κατεπείγειν. πειρώμενος γὰρ ἀναμαρτήτως ζῆν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀλύπως, οὐδένα διαλέλοιπα χρόνον ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν σοφιστῶν τῶν ἀδοκίμων καὶ πονηρῶν διαβαλλόμενος, ὑπʼ ἄλλων δέ τινων οὐχ οἷός εἰμι γιγνωσκόμενος, ἀλλὰ τοιοῦτος ὑπολαμβανόμενος οἷον ἂν παρʼ ἑτέρων ἀκούσωσιν.

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).) — 5 focus

[5] I intend to discuss the achievements of Athens and the virtues of our ancestors, although I shall not begin with them but with a statement of my personal experience, since it is more urgent, I think, to begin with this. For notwithstanding that I strive to live in a manner above reproach and without offence to others, I am continually being misrepresented by obscure and worthless sophists and being judged by the general public, not by what I really am, but by what they hear from others.¹

Isocrates Panathenaicus 5

ed. George Norlin

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