# Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον 33

Gorgias of Leontini, Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον, Section 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gorgias-of-leontini/text/33

Λοιπὸς δὲ περὶ ὑμῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐστί μοι λόγος, ὃν εἰπὼν παύσομαι τῆς ἀπολογίας. οἶκτος μὲν οὖν καὶ λιταὶ καὶ φίλων παραίτησις ἐν ὄχλῳ μὲν οὔσης τῆς κρίσεως χρήσιμα· παρὰ δ᾿ ὑμῖν τοῖς πρώτοις οὖσι τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ δοκοῦσιν, οὐ φίλων βοηθείαις οὐδὲ λιταῖς οὐδ᾿ οἴκτοις δεῖ πείθειν ὑμᾶς, ἀλλὰ τῷ σαφεστάτῳ δικαίῳ, διδάξαντα τἀληθές, οὐκ ἀπατήσαντά με δεῖ διαφυγεῖν τὴν αἰτίαν ταύτην.

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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/.