# Περὶ εἰρήνης 57

Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, Section 57. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-18/57

τάχʼ οὖν ἄν τις τῶν σφόδρα τοῖς λεγομένοις ἐνόχων ὄντων ἀγανακτήσας ἐρωτήσειε “πῶς, εἴπερ οὕτω κακῶς βουλευόμεθα, σωζόμεθα καὶ δύναμιν οὐδεμιᾶς πόλεως ἐλάττω κεκτημένοι τυγχάνομεν;” ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸς ταῦτʼ ἀποκριναίμην ἂν ὅτι τοὺς ἀντιπάλους ἔχομεν οὐδὲν βέλτιον ἡμῶν φρονοῦντας.

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Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, 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.tlg017.local001/.