Against Euthynus

Isocrates

Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by Larue Van Hook, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1945-1968.

νῦν δʼ ἀρχαιότερον[*](ἀρχαιότερονMSS.:ἦνomitted in all butΛand Lang's cod. Generally considered corrupt:ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἕτερονStrange:ἄρʼ ἦν ἕτερονSauppe:ἄρα διάφορον ἦνorἄρα διέφερενBlass:δʼ ἄρα τυχαιότερονsuggested by Capps:ἀναγκαιότερον,i.e., “rather inevitable,” proposed by Post.) ἦν αὐτοῖς τὸ πρᾶγμα. ἐγκαλεῖν μὲν γὰρ ἔξεστιν ἐξ ἁπάντων ἐκλεξάμενον, ἀποστερεῖν δʼ οὐχ οἷόν ἄλλον ἢ τὸν παρακαταθέμενον. ὥστε Νικίας μὲν συκοφαντεῖν ἐπιθυμῶν οὐκ ἂν ἐπὶ τοῦτον ἦλθεν, Εὐθύνους δʼ ἀποστερεῖν ἐπιχειρῶν οὐκ ἄλλον εἶχεν.