# Νικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι 13

Isocrates, Νικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι, Section 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-25/13

ἔπειθʼ ὡς ἐγὼ ταύτην ἔχω τὴν ἀρχὴν οὐ παρανόμως οὐδʼ ἀλλοτρίαν, ἀλλʼ ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως καὶ διὰ τοὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς προγόνους καὶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα καὶ διʼ ἐμαυτόν. τούτων γὰρ προαποδειχθέντων τίς οὐκ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ καταγνώσεται τὴν μεγίστην ζημίαν, ἂν μὴ πειθαρχῇ τοῖς ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ συμβουλευθεῖσι καὶ προσταχθεῖσιν;

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Isocrates, Νικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι, 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.tlg014.local001/.