Excerpt from The Oration De Mysteriis of Andocides: Translated by a Committee of the Philomathean Society of the University of PennsylvaniaOwing to the colloquial language in which the speech was delivered, it does not readily lend itself to a trans lation into the most polished English, as do the speeches of the greater orators. Unwilling to materially alter the style Of Andocides, your Committee, although they feel that the result leaves much to be desired, have followed the text closely, employing idiomatic expressions only in those places where the context seemed to especially demand them. Like wise, ln accordance with the advice Of authorities upon the subject, the Greek proper names have been rendered by their Latin equivalents, which are more natural and familiar.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.