# Ἀρχίδαμος 64

Isocrates, Ἀρχίδαμος, Section 64. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-14/64

οἶμαι δὲ καὶ τὸν ἄλλον ὄχλον τὸν ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ καὶ τὸν δῆμον, ὃν οἰόμεθα μάλιστα πολεμεῖν ἡμῖν, ποθεῖν ἤδη τὴν ἡμετέραν ἐπιμέλειαν. οὐδὲν γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἀποστᾶσι γέγονεν ὧν προσεδόκησαν, ἀλλʼ ἀντὶ μὲν τῆς ἐλευθερίας τοὐναντίον ἀποβέβηκεν (ἀπολέσαντες γὰρ αὑτῶν τοὺς βελτίστους ἐπὶ τοῖς χειρίστοις τῶν πολιτῶν γεγόνασιν), ἀντὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτονομίας εἰς πολλὰς καὶ δεινὰς ἀνομίας ἐμπεπτώκασιν,

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Isocrates, Ἀρχίδαμος, ed. George Norlin. 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.
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