# Παναθηναικός 229

Isocrates, Παναθηναικός, Section 229. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-26/229

ταῦτʼ εἰπὼν κατέσχον πρὸς ὃν τοὺς λόγους ἐποιούμην, ἄνδρα δεινὸν καὶ πολλῶν ἔμπειρον καὶ περὶ τὸ λέγειν γεγυμνασμένον οὐδενὸς ἧττον τῶν ἐμοὶ πεπλησιακότων. οὐ μὴν τὰ μειράκια τὰ πᾶσι παραγεγενημένα τούτοις τὴν αὐτὴν ἐμοὶ γνώμην ἔσχεν, ἀλλʼ ἐμὲ μὲν ἐπῄνεσαν ὡς διειλεγμένον τε νεαρωτέρως ἢ προσεδόκησαν ἠγωνισμένον τε καλῶς, ἐκείνου δὲ κατεφρόνησαν, οὐκ ὀρθῶς γιγνώσκοντες,

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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.
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