# Ἐπιστολαὶ βʹ Φιλίππῳ α΄ 23

Isocrates, Ἐπιστολαὶ βʹ Φιλίππῳ α΄, Section 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-8/23

ἠβουλόμην δ’ ἂν ἡμῖν ὁμοίως ῥᾴδιον εἶναι τὴν δόξαν ἣν ἔχομεν παρ’ αὐτοῖς διαφεύγειν. νῦν δὲ σὺ μὲν οὐ χαλεπῶς, ἢν βουληθῇς, αὐτὴν διαλύσεις, ἐμοὶ δ’ ἀνάγκη καὶ διὰ τὸ γῆρας καὶ δι’ ἄλλα πολλὰ στέργειν τοῖς παροῦσιν.

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Isocrates, Ἐπιστολαὶ βʹ Φιλίππῳ α΄, 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.tlg027.local001/.