# Πανηγυρικός 117

Isocrates, Πανηγυρικός, Section 117. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-27/117

τοσοῦτον δʼ ἀπέχουσι τῆς ἐλευθερίας καὶ τῆς αὐτονομίας, ὥσθʼ αἱ μὲν ὑπὸ τυράννοις εἰσί, τὰς δʼ ἁρμοσταὶ κατέχουσιν, ἔνιαι δʼ ἀνάστατοι γεγόνασι, τῶν δʼ οἱ βάρβαροι δεσπόται καθεστήκασιν· οὓς ἡμεῖς διαβῆναι τολμήσαντας εἰς τὴν Εὐρώπην καὶ μεῖζον ἢ προσῆκεν αὐτοῖς φρονήσαντας οὕτω διέθεμεν,

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Isocrates, Πανηγυρικός, 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.tlg011.local001/.