# Ἐπιστολαὶ ηʹ Τοῖς Μυτιληναίων ἄρχουσιν 5

Isocrates, Ἐπιστολαὶ ηʹ Τοῖς Μυτιληναίων ἄρχουσιν, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-10/5

θαυμάζω δ’ ὅσαι τῶν πόλεων μειζόνων δωρεῶν ἀξιοῦσι τοὺς ἐν τοῖς γυμνικοῖς ἀγῶσι κατορθοῦντας μᾶλλον ἢ τοὺς τῇ φρονήσει καὶ τῇ φιλοπονίᾳ τι τῶν χρησίμων εὑρίσκοντας, καὶ μὴ συνορῶσιν ὅτι πεφύκασιν αἱ μὲν περὶ τὴν ῥώμην καὶ τὸ τάχος δυνάμεις συναποθνῄσκειν τοῖς σώμασιν, αἱ δ’ ἐπιστῆμαι παραμένειν ἅπαντα τὸν χρόνον ὠφελοῦσαι τοὺς χρωμένους αὐταῖς.

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Isocrates, Ἐπιστολαὶ ηʹ Τοῖς Μυτιληναίων ἄρχουσιν, ed. Larue Van Hook. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0010.tlg025.local001/.