# Φίλιππος 132

Isocrates, Φίλιππος, Section 132. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-28/132

σκέψαι δʼ ὡς αἰσχρὸν περιορᾶν τὴν Ἀσίαν ἄμεινον πράττουσαν τῆς Εὐρώπης καὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους εὐπορωτέρους τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὄντας, ἔτι δὲ τοὺς μὲν ἀπὸ Κύρου τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχοντας, ὃν ἡ μήτηρ εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν ἐξέβαλε, βασιλέας μεγάλους προσαγορευομένους, τοὺς δʼ ἀφʼ Ἡρακλέους πεφυκότας, ὃν ὁ γεννήσας διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν εἰς θεοὺς ἀνήγαγε, ταπεινοτέροις ὀνόμασιν ἢ ʼκείνους προσαγορευομένους. ὧν οὐδὲν ἐατέον οὕτως ἔχειν, ἀλλʼ ἀναστρεπτέον καὶ μεταστατέον ἅπαντα ταῦτʼ ἐστίν.

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Isocrates, Φίλιππος, 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.tlg020.local001/.