# Πλαταικός 39

Isocrates, Πλαταικός, Section 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-29/39

εἰ δʼ οὖν καὶ τἀναντία μέλλοιεν ἅπαντα πράξειν, οὐδʼ οὕτως ἡγοῦμαι προσήκειν ὑμῖν τῆς Θηβαίων πόλεως πλείω ποιήσασθαι λόγον ἢ τῶν ὅρκων καὶ τῶν συνθηκῶν, ἐνθυμουμένους πρῶτον μὲν ὡς οὐ τοὺς κινδύνους, ἀλλὰ τὰς ἀδοξίας καὶ τὰς αἰσχύνας φοβεῖσθαι πάτριον ὑμῖν ἐστιν, ἔπειθʼ ὅτι συμβαίνει κρατεῖν ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις οὐ τοὺς βίᾳ τὰς πόλεις καταστρεφομένους, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ὁσιώτερον καὶ πραότερον τὴν Ἑλλάδα διοικοῦντας.

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Isocrates, Πλαταικός, ed. Larue Van Hook. 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.tlg012.local001/.