Concord among the Hellenes

Now our ancestors will be seen to have preserved without ceasing the spirit of concord towards the Hellenes and of hatred towards the barbarians which they inherited from the Trojan War and to have remained steadfast in this policy.

nay, so far was he from injuring any one of them that, although he took command of the Hellenes when they were in a state of mutual warfare and confusion and great misfortune, he delivered them from this condition, and, having established concord among them, indifferent to all exploits which are extravagant and spectacular and of no benefit to others, he collected the Hellenes into an army and led …

and they know, furthermore, that these orators are either wrangling among themselves in the assemblies over deposits of money or insulting our allies or blackmailing whosoever of the rest of the world chances to be the object of their attacks, while I, for my part, have led the way in discourses which exhort the Hellenes to concord among themselves and war against the barbarians and which urge tha …

It is not possible for us to cement an enduring peace unless we join together in a war against the barbarians, nor for the Hellenes to attain to concord until we wrest our material advantages from one and the same source and wage our wars against one and the same enemy.

When these conditions have been realized, and when we have been freed from the poverty which afflicts our lives—a thing that breaks up friendships, perverts the affections of kindred into enmity, and plunges the whole world into war and strife —then surely we shall enjoy a spirit of concord, and the good will which we shall feel towards each other will be genuine.

And the opportunity now serves you;

For what could exceed the enmity which the Hellenes felt toward Xerxes?

the Lacedaemonians have conferred upon his descendants the kingship and the power of command for all time;