# Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον 1

Gorgias of Leontini, Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gorgias-of-leontini/text/1

Ἡ μὲν κατηγορία καὶ [ἡ ἀπολογία] κρίσις οὐ περὶ θανάτου γίγνεται· θάνατον μὲν γὰρ ἡ φύσις φανερᾷ τῇ ψήφῳ πάντων κατεψηφίσατο τῶν θνητῶν, ᾗπερ ἡμέρᾳ τις ἐγένετο· περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀτιμίας καὶ τῆς τιμῆς ὁ κίνδυνός ἐστι, πότερά με χρὴ . . . δικαίως ἀποθανεῖν, ἢ μετ᾿ ὀνειδῶν μεγίστων καὶ τῆς αἰσχίστης αἰτίας βιαίως ἀποθανεῖν.

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Gorgias of Leontini, Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον, ed. Friedrich Blass. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0593.tlg003.local003/.