# Πανηγυρικός 16

Isocrates, Πανηγυρικός, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-27/16

τῶν γὰρ Ἑλλήνων οἱ μὲν ὑφʼ ἡμῖν οἱ δʼ ὑπὸ Λακεδαιμονίοις εἰσίν· αἱ γὰρ πολιτεῖαι, διʼ ὧν οἰκοῦσι τὰς πόλεις, οὕτω τοὺς πλείστους αὐτῶν διειλήφασιν. ὅστις οὖν οἴεται τοὺς ἄλλους κοινῇ τι πράξειν ἀγαθόν, πρὶν ἂν τοὺς προεστῶτας αὐτῶν διαλλάξῃ, λίαν ἁπλῶς καὶ πόρρω τῶν πραγμάτων ἐστίν.

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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/.