Isocrates, To Philip, I, ed. Larue Van Hook, 13

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[13] Although I have much more to say, because of the nature of the subject, I will cease; for I think that you and the ablest¹ of your companions will readily add as much as you wish to what I have said. Besides, I fear my advice may be inopportune; for even now I have unawares gradually drifted beyond² the due proportions of a letter and run into a lengthy discourse.

To Philip, I. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Letter 2: To Philip, I (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Ἐπιστολαὶ βʹ Φιλίππῳ α΄ Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 13 focus

[13] πολλὰ δ’ ἔχων εἰπεῖν διὰ τὴν τοῦ πράγματος φύσιν παύσομαι λέγων· οἶμαι γὰρ καὶ σὲ καὶ τῶν ἑταίρων τοὺς σπουδαιοτάτους ῥᾳδίως ὁπόσ’ ἂν βούλησθε προσθήσειν τοῖς εἰρημένοις. πρὸς δὲ τούτοις φοβοῦμαι τὴν ἀκαιρίαν· καὶ γὰρ νῦν κατὰ μικρὸν προϊὼν ἔλαθον ἐμαυτὸν οὐκ εἰς ἐπιστολῆς συμμετρίαν ἀλλ’ εἰς λόγου μῆκος ἐξοκείλας.

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To Philip, I

1. Cf. Isoc. 5.19 for the same expression.

2. The same nautical figure is found in Isoc. 7.18 and Isoc. 15.268 .

Isocrates To Philip, I 13

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