# Πανηγυρικός 27

Isocrates, Πανηγυρικός, Section 27. Ancient Greek.

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

ἐν ᾗ κατοικοῦμεν καὶ μεθʼ ἧς πολιτευόμεθα καὶ διʼ ἣν ζῆν δυνάμεθα, σχεδὸν ἁπάσης αἰτίαν οὖσαν. ἀνάγκη δὲ προαιρεῖσθαι τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν μὴ τὰς διὰ μικρότητα διαλαθούσας καὶ κατασιωπηθείσας, ἀλλὰ τὰς διὰ τὸ μέγεθος ὑπὸ πάντων ἀνθρώπων καὶ πάλαι καὶ νῦν καὶ πανταχοῦ καὶ λεγομένας καὶ μνημονευομένας.

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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/.