# Εὐαγόρας 19

Isocrates, Εὐαγόρας, Section 19. Ancient Greek.

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

τὰ μὲν οὖν ἐξ ἀρχῆς Εὐαγόρᾳ παρὰ τῶν προγόνων ὑπάρξαντα τηλικαῦτα τὸ μέγεθός ἐστιν. τοῦτον δὲ τὸν τρόπον τῆς πόλεως κατοικισθείσης κατὰ μὲν ἀρχὰς οἱ γεγονότες ἀπὸ Τεύκρου τὴν βασιλείαν εἶχον, χρόνῳ δʼ ὕστερον ἀφικόμενος ἐκ Φοινίκης ἀνὴρ φυγὰς καὶ πιστευθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τότε βασιλεύοντος καὶ μεγάλας δυναστείας λαβὼν οὐ χάριν ἔσχε τούτων,

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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/.