Isocrates, To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans, ed. Larue Van Hook, 9

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[9] οὕτω δ’ ἄν μοι δοκεῖτε κάλλιστα βουλεύσασθαι περὶ τούτων, εἰ σκέψαισθε, τίς ἐστιν ὁ δεόμενος καὶ ὑπὲρ ποίων τινῶν ἀνθρώπων. εὑρήσετε γὰρ ἐμὲ μὲν οἰκειότατα κεχρημένον τοῖς μεγίστων ἀγαθῶν αἰτίοις γεγενημένοις ὑμῖν τε καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις, ὑπὲρ ὧν δὲ δέομαι τοιούτους ὄντας, οἵους τοὺς μὲν πρεσβυτέρους καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὴν πολιτείαν ὄντας μὴ λυπεῖν, τοῖς δὲ νεωτέροις διατριβὴν παρέχειν ἡδεῖαν καὶ χρησίμην καὶ πρέπουσαν τοῖς τηλικούτοις.

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

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

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Letter 8: To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 9 focus

[9] But I think that you would arrive at the best decision as to this matter if you should consider who your petitioner is and for what men the favor is asked. For you will find that I have had the most intimate relations with those who have been the authors of the greatest benefits to both you and the other allies, and that while those for whom I intercede are men of such character as to give no offence to their elders and to those in governmental authority, to the younger men they furnish agreeable and useful occupation that befits those of their age.

Isocrates To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans 9

ed. Larue Van Hook

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