# Προτρεπτικὸς Β̄ 3

Lesbonax (Rhetorician), Προτρεπτικὸς Β̄, Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lesbonax-rhetorician/text-2/3

ὥϲτ’ εἰ καὶ νῦν ὑμῖν παρεϲκεύαϲται — παρεϲκευάϲθω δὲ καὶ ἑνὶ ἑκάϲτῳ καὶ πᾶϲιν — ὅπωϲ ἔϲεϲθε ἀγαθοί, καὶ ἀξίωμα ἔχετε παρ’ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖϲ μέγα, οὐχ ὑμᾶϲ βλάψει ἀκοῦϲαι τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀρετὴν καὶ τὸ ἀξίωμα τῶν προγόνων ὁμοῦ καὶ τὸ τῶν πολεμίων, ὃ μικρότερον δι’ ὑμᾶϲ ἔχουϲιν, ἀλλ’ ὠφελήϲει. Ὑμῶν γὰρ οἵ τε παλαιοὶ πατέρεϲ ἐν τοῖϲ Ἕλληϲι μέγα ἀξίωμα ἀρετῆϲ εἶχον καὶ λόγον ἀγαθόν, οἵ τε νέοι

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Lesbonax (Rhetorician), Προτρεπτικὸς Β̄, ed. Friedrich Kiehr. 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/tlg0649.tlg003.local001/.