Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 48

nam Lysiam primo profiteri solitum artem esse dicendi; deinde, quod Theodorus esset in arte subtilior, in orationibus autem ieiunior, orationes eum scribere aliis coepisse, artem removisse; similiter Isocratem primo artem dicendi esse negavisse , scribere autem aliis solitum orationes, quibus in iudiciis uterentur; sed cum ex eo, quia quasi committeret contra legem quo quis iudicio circumveniretur, saepe ipse in iudicium vocaretur, orationes aliis destitisse scribere totumque se ad artes componendas transtulisse.

"that Lysias at first habitually professed the art of speaking, but later, because Theodorus was subtler in theory though drier in speeches, began writing speeches for others and abandoned instruction in the art; and that Isocrates likewise at first denied that there was an art of speaking but customarily wrote speeches for others to use in court. Yet because he was often himself summoned to trial on the ground that he was, as it were, entering into an unlawful compact to have someone defeated in court, he ceased writing speeches for others and devoted himself entirely to composing treatises on the art."

«Lysias, d'abord, avait coutume de professer l'art oratoire; puis, comme Théodore était plus subtil dans la théorie, mais plus sec dans ses discours, Lysias commença à écrire des plaidoyers pour autrui et abandonna l'enseignement. De même, Isocrate nia d'abord qu'il enseignât l'art oratoire, mais écrivait pour d'autres des discours dont ils se servaient devant les tribunaux. Toutefois, comme cette activité, paraissant contrevenir à la loi interdisant de circonvenir quelqu'un en justice, le faisait souvent citer lui-même devant le tribunal, il cessa d'écrire pour autrui et se consacra tout entier à la composition de traités.»