# Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους 38

Isocrates, Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους, Section 38. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-17/38

καίτοι πολλοὶ τῶν πολιτῶν πρὸς αὐτὸν δυσκόλως εἶχον ὡς πρὸς τυραννεῖν ἐπιβουλεύοντα, οὐκ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων σκοποῦντες, ἀλλʼ ἡγούμενοι τὸ μὲν πρᾶγμʼ ὑπὸ πάντων ζηλοῦσθαι, δύνασθαι δʼ ἂν ἐκεῖνον μάλιστα διαπράξασθαι. διὸ καὶ δικαίως ἂν αὐτῷ πλείω χάριν ἔχοιτε, ὅτι τὴν μὲν αἰτίαν μόνος τῶν πολιτῶν ἄξιος ἦν ταύτην ἔχειν, τῆς δὲ πολιτείας ἴσον ᾤετο δεῖν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις μετεῖναι.

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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/.