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ἔπεμψαν ἡμᾶς Λακεδαιμόνιοι, Ἀθηναῖοι, περὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ἀνδρῶν πράξοντας ὅτι ἂν ὑμῖν τε ὠφέλιμον ὂν τὸ αὐτὸ πείθωμεν καὶ ἡμῖν ἐς τὴν ξυμφορὰν ὡς ἐκ τῶν παρόντων κόσμον μάλιστα μέλλῃ οἴσειν. [2] τοὺς δὲ λόγους μακροτέρους οὐ παρὰ τὸ εἰωθὸς μηκυνοῦμεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιχώριον ὂν ἡμῖν οὗ μὲν βραχεῖς ἀρκῶσι μὴ πολλοῖς χρῆσθαι, πλέοσι δὲ ἐν ἂν καιρὸς διδάσκοντάς τι τῶν προύργου λόγοις τὸ δέον πράσσειν. [3] λάβετε δὲ αὐτοὺς μὴ πολεμίως μηδ᾽ ὡς ἀξύνετοι διδασκόμενοι, ὑπόμνησιν δὲ τοῦ καλῶς βουλεύσασθαι πρὸς εἰδότας ἡγησάμενοι. [4]

ὑμῖν γὰρ εὐτυχίαν τὴν παροῦσαν ἔξεστι καλῶς θέσθαι, ἔχουσι μὲν ὧν κρατεῖτε, προσλαβοῦσι δὲ τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν, καὶ μὴ παθεῖν ὅπερ οἱ ἀήθως τι ἀγαθὸν λαμβάνοντες τῶν ἀνθρώπων: αἰεὶ γὰρ τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται διὰ τὸ καὶ τὰ παρόντα ἀδοκήτως εὐτυχῆσαι. [5] οἷς δὲ πλεῖσται μεταβολαὶ ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα ξυμβεβήκασι, δίκαιοί εἰσι καὶ ἀπιστότατοι εἶναι ταῖς εὐπραγίαις: τῇ τε ὑμετέρᾳ πόλει δι᾽ ἐμπειρίαν καὶ ἡμῖν μάλιστ᾽ ἂν ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος προσείη.

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  • Commentary references to this page (9):
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax, 537
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra, 214
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2, 2.87
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2, 2.88
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5, 5.34
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5, 5.39
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5, 5.89
    • Gilbert A. Davies, Commentary on Demosthenes: Philippics I, II, III, 42
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.76
  • Cross-references to this page (5):
    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.1.1
    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.2.4
    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.2
    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.pos=7.6
    • William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter IV
  • Cross-references in notes to this page (3):
    • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 4.126
    • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 4.95
    • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thuc. 5.69
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