# Ἀρχίδαμος 98

Isocrates, Ἀρχίδαμος, Section 98. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-14/98

δόξομεν γὰρ τὸν παρελθόντα χρόνον ἀλαζονεύεσθαι, καὶ τὴν μὲν φύσιν ὅμοιοι τοῖς ἄλλοις εἶναι, ταῖς δʼ αὐθαδείαις καὶ ταῖς σεμνότησιν οὐκ ἀληθιναῖς ἀλλὰ πεπλασμέναις κεχρῆσθαι. μηδὲν οὖν ἐνδῶμεν τοιοῦτον τοῖς εἰθισμένοις ἡμᾶς κακολογεῖν, ἀλλὰ τοὺς λόγους αὐτῶν ἐξελέγξαι πειραθῶμεν, ὅμοιοι γενόμενοι τοῖς τῶν προγόνων ἔργοις.

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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/.