# Ἀρεοπαγιτικός 56

Isocrates, Ἀρεοπαγιτικός, Section 56. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-15/56

περὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν ποτὲ καθεστώτων τὰ μὲν πλεῖστα διεληλύθαμεν· ὅσα δὲ παραλελοίπαμεν, ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων, ὅτι κἀκεῖνα τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον εἶχε τούτοις, ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι καταμαθεῖν. ἤδη δέ τινες ἀκούσαντές μου ταῦτα διεξιόντος ἐπῄνεσαν μὲν ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα, καὶ τοὺς προγόνους ἐμακάρισαν ὅτι τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον τὴν πόλιν διῴκουν,

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Isocrates, Ἀρεοπαγιτικός, 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.tlg018.local001/.