# Βούσιρις 8

Isocrates, Βούσιρις, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-16/8

ἢ τοῖς Ὀρφέως ἔργοις ὁμοιώσωμεν; ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν ἐξ Ἅιδου τοὺς τεθνεῶτας ἀνῆγεν, ὁ δὲ πρὸ μοίρας τοὺς ζῶντας ἀπώλλυεν. ὥσθʼ ἡδέως ἂν εἰδείην τί ποτʼ ἂν ἐποίησεν, εἰ καταφρονῶν αὐτῶν ἐτύγχανεν, ὃς θαυμάζων τὴν ἀρετὴν τὴν ἐκείνων ἅπαντα φαίνεται τἀναντία διαπραττόμενος. ὃ δὲ πάντων ἀτοπώτατον, ὅτι περὶ τὰς γενεαλογίας ἐσπουδακὼς ἐτόλμησας εἰπεῖν, ὡς τούτους ἐζήλωσεν ὧν οὐδʼ οἱ πατέρες πω κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον γεγονότες ἦσαν.

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Isocrates, Βούσιρις, ed. Larue Van Hook. 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/tlg0010.tlg010.local001/.