Scaife ATLAS

Answer to Philip’s Letter (23)

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg011.perseus-eng2:23

Refs	`{'start': {'reference': '23', 'human_reference': 'Section 23'}}`
Ancestors	`[]`
Children	`[]`

plain text • XML

Not to detain you longer, I say that we must be prepared for war, and must urge the Greek states, by our action rather than by our appeals, to join our alliance; for all words divorced from action are futile, especially words from Athenian lips, in proportion as we are reputed to be more ready of speech than all other Greeks.

Tokens

Not	1	w	3
to	1	w	5
detain	1	w	11
you	1	w	14
longer	1	w	20
I	1	w	22
say	1	w	25
that	1	w	29
we	1	w	31
must	1	w	35
be	1	w	37
prepared	1	w	45
for	1	w	48
war	1	w	51
and	1	w	55
must	2	w	59
urge	1	w	63
the	1	w	66
Greek	1	w	71
states	1	w	77
by	1	w	80
our	1	w	83
action	1	w	89
rather	1	w	95
than	1	w	99
by	2	w	101
our	2	w	104
appeals	1	w	111
to	2	w	114
join	1	w	118
our	3	w	121
alliance	1	w	129
for	2	w	133
all	2	w	136
words	1	w	141
divorced	1	w	149
from	1	w	153
action	2	w	159
are	2	w	162
futile	1	w	168
especially	1	w	179
words	2	w	184
from	2	w	188
Athenian	1	w	196
lips	1	w	200
in	3	w	203
proportion	1	w	213
as	1	w	215
we	2	w	217
are	3	w	220
reputed	1	w	227
to	3	w	229
be	2	w	231
more	1	w	235
ready	1	w	240
of	1	w	242
speech	1	w	248
than	2	w	252
all	4	w	255
other	1	w	260
Greeks	1	w	266