# Παναθηναικός 248

Isocrates, Παναθηναικός, Section 248. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-26/248

ἐγὼ δʼ ὁμολογῶ μὲν ἀπολελεῖφθαι τὴν ἐμὴν φρόνησιν τῆς σῆς ὡς δυνατὸν πλεῖστον, οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ τοῦτʼ οἶδα, κἀκεῖνο τυγχάνω γιγνώσκων, ὅτι τῆς πόλεως τῆς ὑμετέρας βουλευομένης περὶ τῶν μεγίστων οἱ μὲν ἄριστα φρονεῖν δοκοῦντες ἐνίοτε διαμαρτάνουσι τοῦ συμφέροντος, τῶν δὲ φαύλων νομιζομένων εἶναι καὶ καταφρονουμένων ἔστιν ὅτε κατώρθωσεν ὁ τυχὼν καὶ βέλτιστα λέγειν ἔδοξεν·

---

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/.