Lysias Olympic Oration 8

ed. W.R.M. Lamb

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[8] οὐ τοίνυν ὁ ἐπιὼν καιρὸς τοῦ παρόντος βελτίων· οὐ γὰρ ἀλλοτρίας δεῖ τὰς τῶν ἀπολωλότων συμφορὰς νομίζειν ἀλλʼ οἰκείας, οὐδʼ ἀναμεῖναι, ἕως ἂν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς αἱ δυνάμεις ἀμφοτέρων ἔλθωσιν, ἀλλʼ ἕως ἔτι ἔξεστι, τὴν τούτων τούτων ὕβριν κωλῦσαι.

Olympic Oration. Lysias. ed. W.R.M. Lamb. London. 1930.

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Ολυμπιακός (Greek) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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Olympic Oration Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 8 focus

[8] Now the future will bring no better opportunity than the present. We ought to view the disasters of those who have been crushed, not as the concern of others, but as our own: let us not wait for the forces of both our foes to advance upon ourselves, but while there is yet time let us arrest their outrage.

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