# Αἰγητικὸς 49

Isocrates, Αἰγητικὸς, Section 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-12/49

ἄξιον δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ τῷ νόμῳ βοηθεῖν καθʼ ὃν ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν καὶ παῖδας εἰσποιήσασθαι καὶ βουλεύσασθαι περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων αὐτῶν, ἐνθυμηθέντας ὅτι τοῖς ἐρήμοις τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀντὶ παίδων οὗτός ἐστιν· διὰ γὰρ τοῦτον καὶ οἱ συγγενεῖς καὶ οἱ μηδὲν προσήκοντες μᾶλλον ἀλλήλων ἐπιμελοῦνται.

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Isocrates, Αἰγητικὸς, 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.tlg006.local001/.