Isocrates, To Philip, I, ed. Larue Van Hook, 2

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[2] But since I then did decide to concern myself your affairs, in the interests of my own state and of the other Greeks as well, I should be ashamed if, when comparatively unimportant things were the issue, I am known to have offered you advice, yet now I should have nothing to say concerning more urgent matters, particularly since I realize that in the former case your reputation alone was at stake, whereas at present it is your personal safety, which you have been thought to esteem too lightly by all who heard the abusive reproaches directed against you.

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).) — 2 focus

[2] ἐπειδὴ δὲ προειλόμην φροντίζειν τῶν σῶν πραγμάτων καὶ τῆς πόλεως ἕνεκα τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων, αἰσχυνθείην ἄν, εἰ περὶ μὲν τῶν ἧττον ἀναγκαίων φαινοίμην σοι συμβεβουλευκώς, ὑπὲρ δὲ τῶν μᾶλλον κατεπειγόντων μηδένα λόγον ποιόμην, καὶ ταῦτ’ εἰδὼς ἐκεῖνα μὲν ὑπὲρ δόξης ὄντα, ταῦτα δ’ ὑπὲρ τῆς σῆς σωτηρίας, ἧς ὀλιγωρεῖν ἅπασιν ἔδοξας τοῖς ἀκούσασι τὰς περὶ σοῦ ῥηθείσας βλασφημίας.

Isocrates To Philip, I 2

ed. Larue Van Hook

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