Isocrates, To Philip, I, ed. Larue Van Hook, 4

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[4] Not every death in war must be regarded as honorable; on the contrary, although when death is incurred for fatherland, for parents, and for children it is worthy of praise,¹ yet when it brings harm to all of these and tarnishes the brilliance of past successes, it should be thought disgraceful and should be avoided as being the cause of great discredit.

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).) — 4 focus

[4] χρὴ δὲ μὴ καλὰς ἁπάσας ὑπολαμβάνειν τὰς ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις τελευτάς, ἀλλὰ τὰς μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος καὶ τῶν γονέων καὶ τῶν παίδων ἐπαίνων ἀξίας, τὰς δὲ ταῦτα τε πάντα βλαπτούσας καὶ τὰς πράξεις τὰς πρότερον κατωρθωμένας καταρρυπαινούσας αἰσχρὰς νομίζειν καὶ φεύγειν ὡς αἰτίας πολλῆς ἀδοξίας γιγνομένας.

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To Philip, I

1. The sentiment is a commonplace in early Greek elegiac poetry; cf. the fragments of the verse of Callinus and Tyrtaeus.

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