# Παναθηναικός 239

Isocrates, Παναθηναικός, Section 239. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-26/239

ἐν ἀρχῇ μὲν οὖν οὕτω μοι φαίνει τάξαι καὶ βουλεύσασθαι περὶ αὐτῶν, εἰδὼς δὲ σαυτὸν ἐπῃνεκότα τὴν Σπαρτιατῶν διοίκησιν ὡς οὐδεὶς ἄλλος, φοβεῖσθαι τοὺς ἀκηκοότας, μὴ δόξῃς ὅμοιος εἶναι τοῖς λέγουσιν ὅ τι ἂν τύχωσι καὶ τούτους νῦν ψέγειν οὓς πρότερον ἐπῄνεις μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων· ταῦτʼ ἐνθυμηθεὶς σκοπεῖσθαι ποίους τινὰς ἂν ἑκατέρους εἶναι φήσας ἀληθῆ τε λέγειν δόξειας περὶ ἀμφοτέρων, ἔχοις τʼ ἂν τοὺς μὲν προγόνους ἐπαινεῖν, οὕσπερ βούλει, Σπαρτιατῶν δὲ δοκεῖν μὲν κατηγορεῖν τοῖς ἀηδῶς πρὸς αὐτοὺς διακειμένοις, μηδὲν δὲ ποιεῖν τοιοῦτον ἀλλὰ λανθάνειν ἐπαινῶν αὐτούς·

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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/.