# Φίλιππος 52

Isocrates, Φίλιππος, Section 52. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-28/52

ὃ δὲ πάντων δεινότατον· ὅταν γὰρ οἱ πολέμιοι διαλίπωσι κακῶς αὐτοὺς ποιοῦντες, αὐτοὶ τοὺς ἐνδοξοτάτους καὶ πλουσιωτάτους τῶν πολιτῶν ἀπολλύουσι, καὶ ταῦτα δρῶντες οὕτω χαίρουσιν ὡς οὐδένες ἄλλοι τοὺς πολεμίους ἀποκτείνοντες. αἴτιον δʼ ἐστὶ τοῦ ταραχωδῶς αὐτοὺς ζῆν οὕτως οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν ὁ πόλεμος· ὃν ἢν διαλύσῃς, οὐ μόνον αὐτοὺς τούτων ἀπαλλάξεις, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἄμεινον βουλεύεσθαι ποιήσεις.

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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/.