Isocrates, To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans, ed. Larue Van Hook, 1

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[1] The sons of Aphareus,¹ my grandsons, who were instructed in music by Agenor,² have asked me to write to you and beg that, since you have restored some of the other exiles, you will also allow Agenor, his father, and his brothers to return home. When I told them that I feared I should appear ridiculous and meddlesome in seeking so great a favor from men with whom I have never before spoken or been acquainted, they, upon hearing my reply, were all the more insistent.

To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Letter 8: To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Ἐπιστολαὶ ηʹ Τοῖς Μυτιληναίων ἄρχουσιν Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 1 focus

[1] οἱ παῖδες οἱ Ἀφαρέως, ὑιδεῖς δ’ ἐμοί, παιδευθέντες ὑπ’ Ἀγήνορος τὰ περὶ τὴν μουσικήν, ἐδεήθησάν μου γράμματα πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὅπως ἄν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τινὰς κατηγάγετε φυγάδων, καὶ τοῦτον καταδέξησθε καὶ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς. λέγοντος δέ μου πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι δέδοικα μὴ λίαν ἄτοπος εἶναι δόξω καὶ περίεργος, ζητῶν εὑρίσκεσθαι τηλικαῦτα τὸ μέγεθος παρ’ ἀνδρῶν οἷς οὐδὲ πώποτε πρότερον οὔτε διελέχθην οὔτε συνήθης ἐγενόμην, ἀκούσαντες ταῦτα πολὺ μᾶλλον ἐλιπάρουν.

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Letter 8. To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans

1. Aphareus, son of the sophist Hippias and the son-in-law and adoptive son of Isocrates, was a tragic poet of some distinction.

2. Agenor and his school were well known as musicians before Aristoxenus.

Isocrates To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans 1

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