# Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον 35

Gorgias of Leontini, Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον, Section 35. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gorgias-of-leontini/text/35

εἰ μὲν οὖν ἦν διὰ τῶν λόγων τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῶν ἔργων καθαρῶς γενέσθαι τοῖς ἀκούουσι φανεράν, εὔπορος ἂν ἡ κρίσις ἦν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰρημένων· ἐπειδὴ δ᾿ οὐχ οὕτως ἔχει, τὸ μὲν σῶμα τοὐμὸν φυλάξατε, τὸν δὲ πλείω χρόνον ἐπιμείνατε, μετὰ δὲ τῆς ἀληθείας τὴν κρίσιν ποιήσατε. ὑμῖν μὲν γὰρ μέγας ὁ κίνδυνος ἀδίκοις φανεῖσι δόξαν τὴν μὲν καταβαλεῖν, τὴν δὲ κτήσασθαι. τοῖς δ᾿ ἀγαθοῖς ἀνδράσιν αἱρετώτερος θάνατος δόξης αἰσχρᾶς·

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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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