# Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον 32

Gorgias of Leontini, Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον, Section 32. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gorgias-of-leontini/text/32

καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιτηδευμάτων οὕνεκ᾿ ἄξιός εἰμι κακῶς πάσχειν, οὔθ᾿ ὑπὸ νεωτέρων οὔθ᾿ ὑπὸ πρεσβυτέρων. τοῖς μὲν γὰρ πρεσβυτέροις ἄλυπός εἰμι, τοῖς δὲ νεωτέροις οὐκ ἀνωφελής· τοῖς εὐτυχοῦσιν οὐ φθονερός, τῶν δυστυχούντων οἰκτίρμων· οὔτε πενίας ὑπερορῶν, οὔτε πλοῦτον ἀρετῆς ἀλλ᾿ ἀρετὴν πλούτου προτιμῶν· οὔτ᾿ ἐν βουλαῖς ἄχρηστος οὔτ᾿ ἐν μάχαις ἀργός, ποιῶν τὸ τασσόμενον, πειθόμενος τοῖς ἄρχουσιν. ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐκ ἐμὸν ἐμαυτὸν ἐπαινεῖν· ὁ δὲ παρὼν καιρὸς ἠνάγκασε καὶ ταῦτα, κατηγορημένον πάντως ἀπολογήσασθαι.

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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/.