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εἰ μὲν ὅμοιος ἦν ὁ λόγος ὁ μέλλων ἀναγνωσθήσεσθαι τοῖς ἢ πρὸς τοὺς ἀγῶνας ἢ πρὸς τὰς ἐπιδείξεις γιγνομένοις, οὐδὲν ἂν οἶμαι προδιαλεχθῆναι περὶ αὐτοῦ: νῦν δὲ διὰ τὴν καινότητα καὶ τὴν διαφορὰν ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστι προειπεῖν τὰς αἰτίας, δι᾽ ἃς οὕτως ἀνόμοιον αὐτὸν ὄντα τοῖς ἄλλοις γράφειν προειλόμην: μὴ γὰρ τούτων δηλωθεισῶν πολλοῖς ἂν ἴσως ἄτοπος εἶναι δόξειεν.

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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Cross-references to this page (2):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.6.1
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Forms of the verbal predicate
Cross-references in notes to this page (7):
- Isocrates, Panathenaicus, Isoc. 12 74
- Isocrates, Panathenaicus, Isoc. 12 9
- Isocrates, Antidosis, Isoc. 15 295
- Isocrates, Antidosis, Isoc. 15 72
- Isocrates, To Philip, Isoc. 5 73
- Isocrates, To Philip, Isoc. 5 84
- Isocrates, On the Peace, Isoc. 8 14

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