# Ἀρχίδαμος 77

Isocrates, Ἀρχίδαμος, Section 77. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-14/77

ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οἶμαι τῶν λόγων μόνον ῥηθέντων τούτων καὶ διασπαρέντων εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας εἰς πολλὴν ταραχὴν καταστήσεσθαι τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἡμῶν, ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον, ἢν καὶ τέλος ἐπιθεῖναι τούτοις ἀναγκασθῶμεν. τίνα γὰρ οἰηθῶμεν αὐτοὺς γνώμην ἕξειν, ὅταν αὐτοὶ μὲν κακῶς πάσχωσιν, ἡμᾶς δὲ μηδὲν δύνωνται ποιεῖν;

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0010.tlg016.local001/.