# Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους 37

Isocrates, Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους, Section 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-17/37

καὶ ταῦθʼ ἕως μὲν συνεχῶς ἐδημοκρατεῖσθʼ οὐδεὶς ἂν ὑμᾶς λέγων ἔπεισεν· νῦν δʼ αἱ στάσεις αἱ γενόμεναι σαφῶς ἐπέδειξαν καὶ τοὺς δημοτικοὺς καὶ τοὺς ὀλιγαρχικοὺς καὶ τοὺς οὐδετέρων ἐπιθυμοῦντας καὶ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρων μετέχειν ἀξιοῦντας. ἐν αἷς δὶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τῶν ὑμετέρων ἐξέπεσεν· καὶ τὸ μὲν πρότερον, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστʼ ἐκεῖνον ἐκποδὼν ἐποιήσαντο, τὸν δῆμον κατέλυσαν, τὸ δʼ ὕστερον οὐκ ἔφθασαν ὑμᾶς καταδουλωσάμενοι, καὶ πρώτου τῶν πολιτῶν αὐτοῦ φυγὴν κατέγνωσαν· οὕτω σφόδρʼ ἥ τε πόλις τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς κακῶν ἀπέλαυσε κἀκεῖνος τῶν τῆς πόλεως συμφορῶν ἐκοινώνησεν.

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Isocrates, Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους, ed. Larue Van Hook. 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.tlg004.local001/.