# Εὐαγόρας 12

Isocrates, Εὐαγόρας, Section 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-19/12

πρῶτον μὲν οὖν περὶ τῆς φύσεως τῆς Εὐαγόρου, καὶ τίνων ἦν ἀπόγονος, εἰ καὶ πολλοὶ προεπίστανται, δοκεῖ μοι πρέπειν κἀμὲ τῶν ἄλλων ἕνεκα διελθεῖν περὶ αὐτῶν, ἵνα πάντες εἰδῶσιν ὅτι καλλίστων αὐτῷ καὶ μεγίστων παραδειγμάτων καταλειφθέντων οὐδὲν καταδεέστερον αὑτὸν ἐκείνων παρέσχεν.

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Isocrates, Εὐαγόρας, 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.tlg015.local001/.