Evagoras

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.

When I saw you, Nicocles[*](For Nicocles see Introd. to this discourse.), honoring the tomb of your father, not only with numerous and beautiful offerings, but also with dances, music, and athletic contests, and, furthermore, with races of horses and triremes, and leaving to others no possibility of surpassing you[*](A favorite expression of Isocrates; Cf. Isoc. 4.5 and Isoc. 16.34.) in such celebrations,