# Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον 26

Gorgias of Leontini, Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gorgias-of-leontini/text/26

Βουλοίμην δ᾿ ἂν παρὰ σοῦ πυθέσθαι, πότερα τοὺς σοφοὺς ἄνδρας νομίζεις ἀνοήτους ἢ φρονίμους. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἀνοήτους, καινὸς ὁ λόγος, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἀληθής· εἰ δὲ φρονίμους, οὐ δήπου προσήκει τούς γε φρονοῦντας ἐξαμαρτάνειν τὰς μεγίστας ἁμαρτίας καὶ μᾶλλον αἱρεῖσθαι κακὰ πρὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν. εἰ μὲν οὖν εἰμὶ σοφός, οὐχ ἥμαρτον· εἰ δ᾿ ἥμαρτον, οὐ σοφός εἰμι. ὥστε δι᾿ ἀμφότερ᾿ ἂν εἴης ψευδής.

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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.
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