# Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον 17

Gorgias of Leontini, Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gorgias-of-leontini/text/17

Καὶ μὴν οὐδ᾿ ἀσφαλείας οὕνεκά τις ἂν ταῦτα πράξαι. πᾶσι γὰρ ὅ γε προδότης πολέμιος, τῷ νόμῳ, τῇ δίκῃ, τοῖς θεοῖς, τῷ πλήθει τῶν ἀνθρώπων. τὸν μέν γε νόμον παραβαίνει, τὴν δὲ δίκην καταλύει, τὸ δὲ θεῖον ἀτιμάζει, τὸ δὲ πλῆθος διαφθείρει. τῷ δὲ τοιούτῳ βίῳ περὶ κινδύνων τῶν μεγίστων οὐδ᾿ ἔχει ἀσφάλειαν.

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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/.