Isocrates, To Dionysius, ed. Larue Van Hook, 7

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[7] No, if I were offering advice to some particular state, I should address its leading men, but since I have determined to give counsel looking to the salvation of all Hellenes, to whom could I more appropriately address myself than to him who is the foremost of our race¹ and the possessor of the greatest power?²

To Dionysius. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Letter 1: To Dionysius (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Ἐπιστολαὶ αʹ Διονύσιῳ Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 7 focus

[7] εἰ μὲν οὖν μιᾷ τινι τῶν πόλεων εἰσηγούμην, πρὸς τοὺς ἐκείνης προεστῶτας τοὺς λόγους ἂν ἐποιούμην· ἐπειδὴ δ’ ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων σωτηρίας παρεσκεύασμαι συμβουλεύειν, πρὸς τίν’ ἂν δικαιότερον διαλεχθείην ἢ πρὸς τὸν πρωτεύοντα τοῦ γένους καὶ μεγίστην ἔχοντα δύναμιν;

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To Dionysius

1. This statement seems to indicate that the spirit of universal Hellenism was growing.

2. But in Isoc. 5.65 , Isocrates, in scathing language, disparages Dionysius.

Isocrates To Dionysius 7

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