# Ἀρχίδαμος 86

Isocrates, Ἀρχίδαμος, Section 86. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-14/86

ἔχει δʼ οὕτως· ἐγὼ τούτους εἴρηκα τοὺς λόγους, οὐχ ὡς δέον ἡμᾶς ἤδη ταῦτα πράττειν, οὐδʼ ὡς οὐδεμιᾶς ἄλλης ἐνούσης ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι σωτηρίας, ἀλλὰ βουλόμενος ὑμῶν προτρέψασθαι τὰς γνώμας, ὡς καὶ ταύτας τὰς συμφορὰς καὶ πολὺ δεινοτέρας τούτων ὑπομενετέον ἡμῖν, πρὶν ὑπὲρ Μεσσήνης ποιήσασθαι συνθήκας οἵας κελεύουσιν ἡμᾶς.

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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/.