# Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον 18

Gorgias of Leontini, Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gorgias-of-leontini/text/18

Ἀλλὰ δὴ φίλους ὠφελεῖν βουλόμενος ἢ πολεμίους βλάπτειν; καὶ γὰρ τούτων ἕνεκά τις ἂν ἀδικήσειεν. ἐμοὶ δὲ πᾶν τοὐναντίον ἐγίγνετο· τοὺς μὲν φίλους κακῶς ἐποίουν, τοὺς δ᾿ ἐχθροὺς ὠφέλουν. ἀγαθῶν μὲν οὖν κτῆσιν οὐδεμίαν εἶχεν ἡ πρᾶξις· κακῶς δὲ παθεῖν οὐδὲ εἷς ἐπιθυμῶν πανουργεῖ.

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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/.