# Προτρεπτικὸς Ᾱ 2

Lesbonax (Rhetorician), Προτρεπτικὸς Ᾱ, Section 2. Ancient Greek.

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

Δεῖ δὲ ὑμᾶϲ ϲκέψαϲθαι, ὅϲα ἀγαθὰ ἔνεϲτιν ἐν τῳ νικανμαχομένουϲ τοὺϲ πολεμίουϲ. πρῶτον μὲν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν χώραν ϲώζετε, ἐν ᾗ ἐτράφητε, ἣν ὑμῖν οἱ πρόγονοι τειχίϲαντεϲ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ ταλαιπωρηθέντεϲ κατέλιπον οὐκ απολέϲαι, ἀλλὰ ϲῶϲαι· ἣν ἐλευθέραν μὲν παραλαβοῦϲιν αἰϲχρὸν ὑφ’ ὑμῶν ἐλευθερωθῆναι· καὶ μὴ τὸν κίνδυνον καταδείϲαντεϲ καὶ νομίϲαντεϲ μείζω εἶναι ἢ ὅϲοϲ ἐϲτί, τὴν μὲν ὑπάρχουϲαν ἀρετὴν ἀπολέϲητε, τὴν δ’ οὐχ ὑπάρχουϲαν κακότητα κτήϲηϲθε.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0649.tlg002.local001/.