# Προτρεπτικὸς Ᾱ 1

Lesbonax (Rhetorician), Προτρεπτικὸς Ᾱ, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lesbonax-rhetorician/text/1

Οἱ μὲν πολέμιοι ἐγγύϲ, ὦ ἄνδρεϲ ϲτρατιῶται, ὧν εἵνεκα ἡ ϲύμπαϲα παραϲκευὴ παρεϲκεύαϲται, τὰ δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν, ἀφ’ ὧν χρὴ ἄρχεϲθαι, καλῶϲ ἔχει κατ’ ἀμφοτέρουϲ τοὺϲ λόγουϲ· τά τε γὰρ ἱερὰ καλὰ ἡμῖν γέγονε καὶ τὸ δίκαιον μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἐϲτιν· ἐν ὑμῖν οὖν τὰ ἐπίλοιπά ἐϲτιν, ἐὰν ἄνδρεϲ ἀγαθοὶ γένηϲθε. ἐμὲ μὲν οὖν εἰκὸϲ παραινέϲαι, ἃ γινώϲκω, ὑμᾶϲ δὲ προϲέχειν τοῖϲ λεγομένοιϲ δοκεῖν τε ὥϲπερ τοὺϲ λόγουϲ ἀκούετε οὕτωϲ αὐτὰ τὰ ἔργα ὁρᾶν παρόντα, ἃ ἐν τοῖϲ λόγοιϲ δεδηλώϲεται· οὕτωϲ γὰρ ἂν ἄριϲτα γνοίητε τὰ ϲυμφέροντα.

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Lesbonax (Rhetorician), Προτρεπτικὸς Ᾱ, 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.
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