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117 What are the reasons that the Thessalians, who inherited very great wealth and possess a very rich and abundant territory,See Isoc. 15.155; Thuc. 1.2. have been reduced to poverty, while the Megarians, who had small and insignificant resourcesThe Megarians were mere “nobodies” among the Greeks. Cf. Aristoph. Ach. 519, and the saying: τῶν Μεγαρέων οὐδεὶς λόγος. Isocrates could have ventured no more astounding paradox than in holding up the Megarians as an example to follow. to begin with and who possess neither land nor harborsHe means no lands or harbors to speak of, for the Megarians had both, though very little land. nor mines but are compelled to farm mere rocks, own estates which are the greatestThrough commerce. among the Hellenes?

118 Why is it that the Thessalians, with a cavalry of more than three thousand horse and light-armed troops beyond number,See Xen. Hell. 6.1.19. have their fortresses occupied from time to time by certain other statesBy the Macedonians under Alexander II. and by the Thebans under Pelopidas. while the Megarians, with only a small force, govern their city as they see fit? And, again, why is it that the Thessalians are always at war with each other while the Megarians, who dwell between the Peloponnesians on the one hand and the Thebans and the Athenians on the other, are continually in a state of peace?An “unphilosophical” answer might be that no one coveted Megarian territory, whereas Thessalian resources were tempting. See a remark of Thuc. 1.2.

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