Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 74

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[74]
οὐ δύναμαι δὲ κατιδεῖν, ἀλλʼ ἀπορῶ ποίοις ἂν λόγοις μετὰ ταῦτα χρησάμενος ὀρθῶς εἴην βεβουλευμένος. αἰσχύνομαι μὲν γάρ, εἰ τοσαῦτα περὶ τῆς Ἀγαμέμνονος ἀρετῆς προειρηκὼς μηδενὸς μνησθήσομαι τῶν ὑπʼ ἐκείνου πεπραγμένων, ἀλλὰ δόξω τοῖς ἀκούουσιν ὅμοιος εἶναι τοῖς ἀλαζονευομένοις καὶ λέγουσιν ὅ τι ἂν τύχωσιν· ὁρῶ δὲ τὰς πράξεις τὰς ἔξω λεγομένας τῶν ὑποθέσεων οὐκ ἐπαινουμένας ἀλλὰ ταραχώδεις εἶναι δοκούσας, καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν ὄντας τοὺς κακῶς χρωμένους αὐταῖς,

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).) — 74 focus

[74] However, I am not able to see clearly, but am in doubt, with what words I may proceed without making an error of judgement. For, on the one hand, I am ashamed, after having said so much about the virtue of Agamemnon, to make no mention of the things which he accomplished and so to seem to my hearers no different from men who make empty boasts and say whatever comes into their heads. But I observe, on the other hand, that the discussion of things which lie outside the scope of the subject¹ is not approved but is thought rather to be confusing, and that while many misuse these digressions there are many more who condemn them.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 74

ed. George Norlin

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