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ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν, εἰ δεῖ τοὐμὸν ἴδιον εἰπεῖν, ἑλοίμην ἂν ἀποθανεῖν ἤδη μὴ ποιήσας τὸ προσταττόμενον μᾶλλον ἢ πολλαπλάσιον χρόνον ζῆν τοῦ τεταγμένου ψηφισάμενος ἃ Θηβαῖοι κελεύουσιν: αἰσχυνοίμην γὰρ ἄν, εἰ γεγονὼς μὲν ἀφ᾽ Ἡρακλέους, τοῦ δὲ πατρὸς βασιλεύοντος, αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἐπίδοξος ὢν τυχεῖν τῆς τιμῆς ταύτης, περιίδοιμι, καθ᾽ ὅσον ἐστὶν ἐπ᾽ ἐμοί, τὴν χώραν ἣν ἡμῖν οἱ πατέρες κατέλιπον, ταύτην τοὺς οἰκέτας τοὺς ἡμετέρους ἔχοντας.
Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1980.
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