Isocrates, To Philip, I, ed. Larue Van Hook, 16

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[16] ἡγοῦμαι δὲ δεῖν πρὸς μὲν τοὺς πικρῶς τῆς πόλεως ἡμῶν κατηγοροῦντας ἐκείνους ἀντιτάττεσθαι τοὺς πάντα τἀναντί’ εἶναι¹ λέγοντας καὶ τοὺς μήτε μεῖζον μήτ’ ἔλαττον αὐτὴν ἠδικηκέναι φάσκοντας· ἐγὼ δ’ οὐδὲν ἂν εἴποιμι τοιοῦτον· αἰσχυνθείην γὰρ ἄν, εἰ τῶν ἄλλων μηδὲ τοὺς θεοὺς ἀναμαρτήτους εἶναι νομιζόντων αὐτὸς τολμῴην λέγειν, ὡς οὐδὲν πώποθ’ ἡ πόλις ἡμῶν πεπλημμέληκεν.

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

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

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Letter 2: To Philip, I Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 16 focus

[16] To the bitter accusers of our city I think I should place in contrast those who say that the very opposite is true, that is, those who assert that she has done no wrong at all, whether great or small. For my part, I would not make any such claim; for I should be ashamed if, while men in general do not regard even the gods as blameless, I should dare to affirm that our city had never transgressed at all.¹

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To Philip, I

1. πάντα τἀναντἴ εἶναι Capps, following Corais: πάντα τε ταῦτ’ εἶναι (GE) is read by Blass, although he thinks it corrupt: Post suggests τοὺς σπάνιά τε ταῦτ’ εἶναι.

Isocrates To Philip, I 16

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