# Παναθηναικός 185

Isocrates, Παναθηναικός, Section 185. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-26/185

θαυμάζω δʼ εἴ τινες τὰς μάχας καὶ τὰς νίκας τὰς παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον γιγνομένας μὴ νομίζουσιν αἰσχίους εἶναι καὶ πλειόνων ὀνειδῶν μεστὰς ἢ τὰς ἥττας τὰς ἄνευ κακίας συμβαινούσας, καὶ τοῦτʼ εἰδότες ὅτι μεγάλαι δυνάμεις πονηραὶ δὲ πολλάκις γίγνονται κρείττους ἀνδρῶν σπουδαίων καὶ κινδυνεύειν ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος αἱρουμένων.

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Isocrates, Παναθηναικός, 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.tlg021.local001/.