Isocrates, Panathenaicus, section 30

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Nicocles or the Cyprians

Against the Sophists

Concerning the Team of Horses

Against Callimachus

Against Lochites

Against Euthynus

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Whom, then, do I call educated, since I exclude the arts and sciences and specialties? First, those who manage well the circumstances which they encounter day by day, and who possess a judgement which is accurate in meeting occasions as they arise and rarely misses the expedient course of action;¹

1 See General Introduction; Isoc. 13.3, Isoc. 13.16, Isoc. 13.17; Isoc. 15.184, Isoc. 15.271.

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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Commentary references to this page (1):
- Edward S. Forster, Isocrates Cyprian Orations, 39
Cross-references in notes to this page (3):
- Isocrates, To Demonicus, Isoc. 1 42
- Isocrates, On the Peace, Isoc. 8 28
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, New Directions in Philosophy and Education
Cross-references in notes from this page (5):
- Isocrates, Against the Sophists, 16
- Isocrates, Against the Sophists, 17
- Isocrates, Against the Sophists, 3
- Isocrates, Antidosis, 184
- Isocrates, Antidosis, 271
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (1):
- LSJ, ἐπιτυχ-ής