# Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους 5

Isocrates, Περὶ τοῦ ζεύγους, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-17/5

οἱ γὰρ τὸ πρῶτον ἐπιβουλεύσαντες τῷ δήμῳ καὶ καταστήσαντες τοὺς τετρακοσίους, ἐπειδὴ παρακαλούμενος ὁ πατὴρ οὐκ ἤθελε γενέσθαι μετʼ αὐτῶν, ὁρῶντες αὐτὸν καὶ πρὸς τὰς πράξεις ἐρρωμένως ἔχοντα καὶ πρὸς τὸ πλῆθος πιστῶς διακείμενον, οὐχ ἡγοῦντʼ οὐδὲν οἷοί τʼ εἶναι κινεῖν τῶν καθεστώτων, πρὶν ἐκποδὼν ἐκεῖνος αὐτοῖς γένοιτο.

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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/.